For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
WEB
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
YLT
For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
DBT
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.