Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes shall be established.

New American Standard Bible

Commit your works to the Lord
And your plans will be established.

King James Version

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Holman Bible

Commit your activities to the Lord,
and your plans will be achieved.

International Standard Version

Entrust your work to the LORD, and your planning will succeed.

American Standard Version

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

Amplified


Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].

Bible in Basic English

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

Darby Translation

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Julia Smith Translation

Roll to Jehovah thy works, and thy purposes shall be established.

King James 2000

Commit your works unto the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Commit your work to Yahweh, and your plans will be established.

Modern King James verseion

Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts shall be established.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and look: what thou devisest, it shall prosper.

NET Bible

Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

New Heart English Bible

Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

The Emphasized Bible

Roll, upon Yahweh, thy doings, that thy plans, may be established.

Webster

Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

World English Bible

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

Youngs Literal Translation

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּלל 
Galal 
Usage: 18

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

unto the Lord

Usage: 0

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

Devotionals

Devotionals about Proverbs 16:3

Images Proverbs 16:3

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the spirits. 3 Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes shall be established. 4 LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Cross References

Psalm 55:22

(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)

1 Peter 5:7

having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.

Proverbs 3:6

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

Luke 12:22

And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.

Philippians 4:6

Be anxious about nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thankfulness make your requests known to God.

Job 22:28

Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Psalm 37:4-5

Delight thyself also in LORD, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

Isaiah 7:5-7

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,

Matthew 6:25-34

Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?

Job 5:8

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

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