Proverbs
Proverbs 4:25–26
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.
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.
Proverbs 4:25
| 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 |
Proverbs 4:26
| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 4:25 Psalm 119:37 · Matthew 6:22 · Job 31:1 · Proverbs 23:33 · Proverbs 23:5
Proverbs 4:26 Psalm 37:23 · Hebrews 12:13 · Psalm 119:5 · 2 Thessalonians 3:3 · Haggai 1:5 · Haggai 1:7 · Proverbs 5:21 · Psalm 119:59 · Ephesians 5:15 · Ezekiel 18:28 · Proverbs 5:6 · Psalm 40:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.