Proverbs

Proverbs 4:24–27

²⁴Put away deception from your mouth;

keep your lips from perverse speech.

²⁵Let your eyes look forward;

fix your gaze straight ahead.

²⁶Make a level path for your feet,^b

and all your ways will be sure.

²⁷Do not swerve to the right or to the left;

turn your feet away from evil.

Footnotes

b 4:26 Or Ponder the path for your feet; LXX Make straight paths for your feet; cited in Hebrews 12:13|HEB 12:13

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Put	הָסֵ֣ר	hā·sêr	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
away	מִ֭מְּךָ	mim·mə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
deception	עִקְּשׁ֣וּת	‘iq·qə·šūṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6143 crookedness
from your mouth	פֶּ֑ה	peh	Noun - masculine singular	H6310 mouth
keep	הַרְחֵ֥ק	har·ḥêq	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H7368 be, or become, far, distant
your lips	שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם	śə·p̲ā·t̲a·yim	Noun - fd	H8193 lip, speech, edge
from perverse speech	וּלְז֥וּת	ū·lə·zūṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3891 deviation, crookedness

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let your eyes	עֵ֭ינֶיךָ	‘ê·ne·ḵā	Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
look	יַבִּ֑יטוּ	yab·bî·ṭū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5027 look
forward	לְנֹ֣כַח	lə·nō·ḵaḥ	Preposition-l	H5227 front
fix your gaze	וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ	wə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pe·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine dual construct; second person masculine singular	H6079 eyelid
straight	יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ	yay·ši·rū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3474 be smooth, straight, right
ahead	נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃	neḡ·de·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Make a level	פַּ֭לֵּס	pal·lês	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H6424 weigh, make level
path	מַעְגַּ֣ל	ma‘·gal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4570 entrenchment
for your feet	רַגְלֶ֑ךָ	raḡ·le·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7272 foot
and all	וְֽכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
your ways	דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ	də·rā·ḵe·ḵā	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
will be sure	יִכֹּֽנוּ׃	yik·kō·nū	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3559 be firm

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Do not	אַֽל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
swerve	תֵּט־	têṭ-	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular	H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
to the right	יָמִ֥ין	yā·mîn	Noun - feminine singular	H3225 right hand
or to the left	וּשְׂמֹ֑אול	ū·śə·mō·wl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8040 the left
turn	הָסֵ֖ר	hā·sêr	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
your feet	רַגְלְךָ֣	raḡ·lə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7272 foot
from evil	מֵרָֽע׃	mê·rā‘	Preposition; Adjective - masculine singular	H7451 bad, evil