What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
Proverbs 20:24 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 A man's goings are of the LORD; How then can man understand his way? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Man's goings are of the LORD; How can a man then understand his own way? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way? American Standard Version (1901) A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way? Common English Bible A person’s steps are from the LORD; how then can people understand their path? Catholic Public Domain Version The steps of men are directed by the Lord. But who is the man able to understand his own way? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way? |
What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
A man's goings are established of the LORD; And he delighteth in his way.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: But the folly of fools is deceit.
The preparations of the heart belong to man: But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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 thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.