Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.

New American Standard Bible

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He watches all his paths.

King James Version

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

International Standard Version

Indeed, what a man does is always in the LORD's presence, and he weighs all his paths.

A Conservative Version

For the ways of man are before the eyes of LORD, and he makes level all his paths.

American Standard Version

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

Amplified


For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord,
And He carefully watches all of his paths [all of his comings and goings].

Bible in Basic English

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

Darby Translation

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

Julia Smith Translation

For before the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of man, and he makes level all his tracks.

King James 2000

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For before the eyes of Yahweh [are] {human ways}, and all his paths he examines.

Modern King James verseion

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He watches all his paths.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For every man's ways are open in the sight of the LORD, and he pondereth all their goings.

NET Bible

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord's eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person's paths.

New Heart English Bible

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD. He examines all his paths.

The Emphasized Bible

For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, - and, all his tracks, doth he consider:

Webster

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

World English Bible

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

Youngs Literal Translation

For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the ways
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

of man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

נכח 
Nokach 
Usage: 24

the eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

of the Lord

Usage: 0

and he pondereth
פּלס 
Palac 
Usage: 6

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Do Not Commit Adultery Against Wisdom

20 Why, my son, would you be infatuated
with a forbidden woman
or embrace the breast of a stranger?
21 For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.
22 A wicked man’s iniquities entrap him;
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.



Cross References

Hosea 7:2

But they never consider that I remember all their evil.
Now their sins are all around them;
they are right in front of My face.

Hebrews 4:13

No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

Job 31:4

Does He not see my ways
and number all my steps?

Job 34:21

For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.

Jeremiah 16:17

for My gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from Me, and their guilt is not hidden from My sight.

Jeremiah 32:19

the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men in order to give to each person according to his ways and the result of his deeds.

Job 14:16

For then You would count my steps
but would not take note of my sin.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in His holy temple;
the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes watch; He examines everyone.

Psalm 119:168

I obey Your precepts and decrees,
for all my ways are before You.

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”

Psalm 17:3

You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

Psalm 139:1-12

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, You have searched me and known me.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”—the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”—the Lord’s declaration.

Revelation 2:18

“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:

“The Son of God, the One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze, says:

Revelation 2:23

I will kill her children with the plague. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

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