Proverbs 20:11
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
KJV
Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus.
Vulgate
μερὶς ἐπισπουδαζομένη ἐν πρώτοις ἐν τοῖς τελευταίοις οὐκ εὐλογηθήσεται.
LXX
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
ASV
גַּ֣ם בְּ֭/מַעֲלָלָי/ו יִתְנַכֶּר נָ֑עַר אִם זַ֖ךְ וְ/אִם יָשָׁ֣ר פָּעֳלֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
ו
v
noun · 43×
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
זָ֛ךְ
zk
adjective · 11×
יַּכֵּ֤ר
ykr
verb · 50×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 22:2 — And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Gen 21:9 — And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
- Luke 1:15 — For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
- Luke 2:46 — And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
- Luke 6:43 — For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- Matt 7:16 — Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Prov 21:8 — The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- Ps 51:5 — Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Ps 58:3 — The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.