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Proverbs 5:21
World English Bible
Proverbs 5:21
World English Bible
21 For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes.
He examines all his paths.
Proverbs 5:21
New English Translation
Proverbs 5:21
New English Translation
21 For the ways of a person[a] are in front of the Lord’s eyes,
and the Lord[b] weighs[c] all that person’s[d] paths.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:21 tn Heb “man.”
- Proverbs 5:21 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Proverbs 5:21 tn BDB 814 s.v. פָּלַס 2 suggests that the participle מְפַּלֵּס (mepalles) means “to make level [or, straight].” As one’s ways are in front of the eyes of the Lord, they become straight or right. It could be translated “weighs” since it is a denominative from the noun for “balance, scale”; the Lord weighs or examines the actions.
- Proverbs 5:21 tn Heb “all his”; the referent (the person mentioned in the first half of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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