Proverbs 4:27
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
- KJV
- Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
- WEB
- Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.
- ASV
- Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
- DARBY
- Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
- BLB
- Do not bend away to the right or the left; turn aside your foot from evil.
- ÅB
- Bøy ikke av til høyre eller til venstre, vend din fot fra det onde!
- OTB
- Vend deg ikke til høyre eller venstre; hold din fot borte fra det onde.
- B1930
- Bøi ikke av til høire eller til venstre, vend din fot fra det onde!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 5:32
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Read in contextJoshua 1:7
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:14
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Read in contextProverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:16
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Read in contextRomans 12:9
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
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