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Proverbs 20:24

Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

KJV

A Domino diriguntur gressus viri : quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam ?

Vulgate

ὑπώπια καὶ συντρίμματα συναντᾷ κακοῖς, πληγαὶ δὲ εἰς ταμεῖα κοιλίας.

LXX

A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

ASV

מֵ/יהוָ֥ה מִצְעֲדֵי גָ֑בֶר וְ֝/אָדָ֗ם מַה יָּבִ֥ין דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ו
v
noun · 3×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • Dan 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
  • Dan 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and
  • Isa 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the street
  • Jer 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
  • Jer 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
  • Prov 14:8 — The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 16:1 — The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
  • Prov 16:9 — A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • Prov 16:9 — A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
  • Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Ps 25:4 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
  • Ps 25:12 — What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
  • Ps 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.