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Proverbs 5:21

What does Proverbs 5:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 5:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

Context

v.20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

v.21This passage

v.22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 17:10

    I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Revelation 2:23

    And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.

  • Psalms 119:168

    I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee. ת TAV.

  • Hebrews 4:13

    And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  • Job 14:16

    But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • Psalms 11:4

    Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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