Proverbs 5:21
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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- BSB
- For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
- KJV
- For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
- WEB
- For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
- ASV
- For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
- DARBY
- For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.
- BLB
- For the ways of man [are] in front of the eyes of YHWH, and all his paths He weighs.
- ÅB
- For en manns veier ligger åpne for Herrens øyne, og Herren jevner alle hans stier.
- OTB
- For alles veier er for Herrens øyne, og Han gransker alle deres stier.
- B1930
- For en manns veier ligger åpne for Herrens øine, og Herren jevner alle hans stier.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Read in contextProverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Read in contextJob 34:21
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:19
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Read in contextJeremiah 16:17
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Read in contextPsalms 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Read in contextHosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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