Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord -- so how can anyone understand his own way?
New American Standard Bible
How then can man understand his way?
King James Version
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Holman Bible
so how can anyone understand his own way?
International Standard Version
A man's steps are directed by the LORD; how then can anyone understand his own way?
A Conservative Version
A man's goings are of LORD, how then can man understand his way?
American Standard Version
A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
Amplified
Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the Lord.
How then can a man [fully] understand his way?
Bible in Basic English
A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
Darby Translation
The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?
Julia Smith Translation
From Jehovah man's steps; and how shall man understand his way?
King James 2000
A man's steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Away] from Yahweh are the steps of a strong man, and how will humankind understand his ways?
Modern King James verseion
Man's steps are of Jehovah; how can a man then understand his own way?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD ordereth every man's goings; for what is he, that understandeth his own way?
New Heart English Bible
A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
The Emphasized Bible
From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?
Webster
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
World English Bible
A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
Youngs Literal Translation
From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?
Themes
God » Leader » No place beyond the reach of his hand
divine Leader » No place beyond the reach of his hand
Man » God » Orders the goings of
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ordering the ways of men
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Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 20:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Foolproof Instructions
23 The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked. 24 The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord -- so how can anyone understand his own way? 25 It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.
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Cross References
Proverbs 16:9
A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.
Jeremiah 10:23
Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.
Psalm 25:4
Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!
Psalm 25:12
The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.
Psalm 37:23
The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.
Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
Isaiah 10:6-7
I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
Daniel 5:23
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone -- gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!
Acts 17:28
For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'