Proverbs 5:21

New English Translation

²¹For 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.

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 (m^epalles) 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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