Proverbs 2 · Verse 9

Proverbs 2:9

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
Proverbs 2:9, King James Version

Proverbs 2:9 in other translations

BSBThen you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
WEBThen you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
ASVThen shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, yea, every good path.
YLTThen understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness--every good path.
DARBYThen shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.
BBEThen you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
WebsterThen shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and every good path.

What does Proverbs 2:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Then--emphatic, in such a case. righteousness ... path--all parts of duty to God and man.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Then shalt thou understand - He who is taught of God understands the whole law of justice, mercy, righteousness, and truth; God has written this on his heart. He who understands these things by books only is never likely to practice or profit by them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 2:1-9

Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, Joh 6:27 Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and…

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Proverbs 2:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָ֗ז'AzthenH227
תָּ֭בִיןTa.vinyou will understandH995
צֶ֣דֶקTze.dekrighteousnessH6664
וּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.Patand justiceH4941
וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗יםu.mei.sha.Rimand uprightness<es>H4339
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
מַעְגַּל\־ma'.gal-course ofH4570
טֽוֹב\׃TovgoodH2896

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Cross references for Proverbs 2:9

  • Jeremiah 6:16

    Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

  • Matthew 7:13-14

    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

  • Isaiah 48:17

    Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

  • Psalms 143:8-10

    Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

  • Proverbs 1:2-6

    To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: …

  • John 14:6

    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  • Psalms 119:99

    I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

  • Psalms 32:8

    I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

  • Psalms 25:8-9

    Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

  • Psalms 119:105

    נ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  • Isaiah 35:8

    And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:2-6; Ps 25:8,9; 32:8; 119:99,105; 143:8-10; Isa 35:8; 48:17
Jer 6:16; Mt 7:13,14; Joh 14:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 2:8

    He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

  • Proverbs 2:9

    Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

  • Proverbs 2:10

    When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

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Proverbs 2:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors tu discerneras la justice et le juste jugement et la droiture, toute bonne voie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann wirst du Gerechtigkeit verstehen und Recht und Geradheit, jede Bahn des Guten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc intelliges justitiam, et judicium, et æquitatem, et omnem semitam bonam.