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Proverbs 4:12

What does Proverbs 4:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 4:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Context

v.11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

v.12This passage

v.13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Peter 2:8

    and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

  • Romans 9:32

    Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

  • Proverbs 3:23

    Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.

  • Proverbs 4:19

    The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.

  • Job 18:7

    The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Psalms 18:36

    Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

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