Proverbs 6:22
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
- KJV
- When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
- WEB
- When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
- ASV
- When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
- DARBY
- when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
- BLB
- In your going about, it will lead you; in your lying down, it will guard you; when you awake, it will speak with you.
- ÅB
- Når du går, skal de lede deg; når du ligger, skal de verne deg, og når du våkner, skal de tale til deg.
- OTB
- Når du går, vil de lede deg; når du sover, vil de våke over deg;
og når du våkner, vil de tale til deg. - B1930
- Når du går, skal de lede dig; når du ligger, skal de verne dig, og når du våkner, skal de tale til dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Read in contextProverbs 3:23–24
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Read in contextProverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Read in contextPsalms 119:24
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Read in contextPsalms 119:97
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Read in contextPsalms 43:3
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Read in contextPsalms 17:4
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Read in contextPsalms 119:9
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
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