Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
When thou go, thy steps shall not be restricted. And if thou run, thou shall not stumble.
New American Standard Bible
And if you run, you
King James Version
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Holman Bible
when you run, you will not stumble.
International Standard Version
When you walk, your step will not be hindered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
American Standard Version
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Amplified
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded [for your path will be clear and open];
And when you run, you will not stumble.
Bible in Basic English
When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall.
Darby Translation
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Julia Smith Translation
In thy going, thy steps shall not be pressed; and if thou shalt run thou shalt not be weak.
King James 2000
When you go, your steps shall not be hindered; and when you run, you shall not stumble.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{When you walk}, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble.
Modern King James verseion
When you go, your steps shall not be narrowed, and when you run, you shall not stumble.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So that if thou goest therein, there shall no straitness hinder thee: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.
NET Bible
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
New Heart English Bible
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
The Emphasized Bible
When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Webster
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
World English Bible
When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
Youngs Literal Translation
In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:12
Prayers for Proverbs 4:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Right Path
11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom. I have led thee in paths of uprightness. 12 When thou go, thy steps shall not be restricted. And if thou run, thou shall not stumble. 13 Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 3:23
Then thou shall walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Psalm 18:36
Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
2 Samuel 22:37
Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
Job 18:7-8
The steps of his strength shall be restricted, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Psalm 91:11-12
for he will give his [heavenly] agents charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalm 119:165
Great peace have those who love thy law, and they have no occasion of stumbling.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs 6:22
When thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee.
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
John 11:9-10
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
Romans 9:32-33
Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
1 Peter 2:8
and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set.
1 John 2:10-11
He who loves his brother abides in the light, and no cause of stumbling is in him.