Proverbs 4:18 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

KJV

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But the path of the just - The path of the wicked is gloomy, dark, and dangerous; that of the righteous is open, luminous, and instructive. This verse contains a fine metaphor; it refers to the sun rising above the horizon, and the increasing twilight, till his beams shine full upon the earth.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֹ֣רַח	ve.'O.rach	and [the] path of	H734 →
צַ֭דִּיקִים	Tza.di.kim	righteous [people]	H6662 →
כְּא֣וֹר	ke.'or	[is] like a light of	H216 →
נֹ֑גַהּ	No.gah	brightness	H5051 →
הוֹלֵ֥ךְ	ho.Lekh	[which] goes	H1980 →
וָ֝א֗וֹר	va.'or	and [which] shines	H215 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
נְכ֥וֹן	ne.Khon	[the] established [part] of	H3559 →
הַיּֽוֹם׃	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 8:12
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
leads to
- John 12:46
  I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
- John 9:5
  While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
- John 12:35
  Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the…
- Matthew 5:14
  You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Through
2 Corinthians 3:18
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
  For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of…
- Ephesians 4:22–24
  to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Romans 12:2
  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.