Proverbs 15:11
American Standard Version
11 Sheol and [a]Abaddon are before Jehovah;
How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:11 Or, Destruction
Proverbs 15:11
Lexham English Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:11 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
- Proverbs 15:11 Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.
- Proverbs 15:11 Literally “more for”
Proverbs 16:2
American Standard Version
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
Proverbs 16:2
Lexham English Bible
2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
but Yahweh weighs the spirit.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:2 Or “breath”
Proverbs 17:3
American Standard Version
3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:3
Lexham English Bible
3 A crucible is for the silver, and a furnace is for the gold,
but Yahweh will test hearts.
Proverbs 20:11
American Standard Version
11 Even a child maketh himself known by his doings,
Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Proverbs 20:11
Lexham English Bible
11 Even by his acts, a young man[a] will make himself known,
whether his acts are pure and upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:11 Or “young boy,” or “adolescent”
Proverbs 20:27
American Standard Version
27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all his innermost parts.
Proverbs 20:27
Lexham English Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:27 Or “soul”
- Proverbs 20:27 Literally “parts of the inmost”
Proverbs 21:2
American Standard Version
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
Proverbs 21:2
Lexham English Bible
2 Every way of a man is upright in his own eyes,
but Yahweh weighs hearts.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:2 Or “minds”
Proverbs 27:19
American Standard Version
19 [a]As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:19 Or, As water showeth face to face, so the heart showeth man to man
Proverbs 27:19
Lexham English Bible
19 As the waters reflect face to face,[a]
so the heart of a person reflects the person.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:19 Literally “the faces to the faces”
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