Proverbs
Proverbs 4:26–27
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.
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 |
Proverbs 4:27
| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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
Proverbs 4:27 Deuteronomy 5:32 · Joshua 1:7 · Deuteronomy 28:14 · Proverbs 16:17 · Deuteronomy 12:32 · Romans 12:9 · Isaiah 1:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.