Proverbs 20:24
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs 20:24 in other translations
| BSB | A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way? |
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| WEB | A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way? |
| ASV | A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way? |
| YLT | From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man--how understandeth he his way? |
| DARBY | The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way? |
| BBE | A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way? |
| Webster | Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? |
What does Proverbs 20:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 20:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 20:24
- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
- Jeremiah 10:23
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
- Psalms 25:12
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
- Psalms 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
- Psalms 25:4
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.
- Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Daniel 5:23
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
- Acts 17:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
- Isaiah 10:6-7
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 20:23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
- Proverbs 20:24
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
- Proverbs 20:25
It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Proverbs 20:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De Jehová son los pasos del hombre: ¿cómo pues entenderá el hombre su camino? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les pas de l’homme viennent de l’ Éternel; et comment un homme comprendrait-il sa propre voie? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Des Mannes Schritte hängen ab von Jehova; und der Mensch, wie sollte er seinen Weg verstehen? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam? |