Proverbs 3 · Verse 26

Proverbs 3:26

For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Proverbs 3:26, King James Version

Proverbs 3:26 in other translations

BSBfor the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
WEBfor the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
ASVFor Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
YLTFor Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
DARBYfor Jehovah shall be thy confidence, and he will keep thy foot from being taken.
BBEFor the Lord will be your hope, and will keep your foot from being taken in the net.
WebsterFor the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being taken.

What does Proverbs 3:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
26. The reason; such as are objects of God's favor. be thy confidence--literally, "in thy confidence," in the source of thy strength (compare Na 3:9, for the same construction, Hebrew).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:21-26

Let us not suffer Christ's words to depart from us, but keep sound wisdom and discretion; then shall we walk safely in his ways. The natural life, and all that belongs to it, shall be under the protection of God's providence; the spiritual life, and all its interests, under the protection of his grace, so that we shall be kept from falling into sin or trouble.

Read the full comment on Proverbs 3:21-26 →

Proverbs 3:26 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.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehhe will beH1961
בְכִסְלֶ֑ךָve.khis.Le.kha<in> confidence yourH3689
וְשָׁמַ֖רve.sha.Marand he will keepH8104
רַגְלְךָ֣rag.le.Khafoot yourH7272
מִלָּֽכֶד\׃mi.La.khedfrom captureH3921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 3:26

  • Psalms 91:3

    Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

  • Proverbs 14:26

    In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

  • 1 Samuel 2:9

    He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

  • Psalms 91:9-10

    Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

  • Habakkuk 3:17-18

    Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lord.
14:26; Ps 91:3,9,10; Hab 3:17,18
shall keep.
1Sa 2:9

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

Context

  • Proverbs 3:25

    Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

  • Proverbs 3:26

    For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

  • Proverbs 3:27

    Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

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Proverbs 3:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque Jehová será tu confianza, y él preservará tu pie de ser preso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		car l’ Éternel sera ta confiance, et il gardera ton pied d’être pris.
German
Elberfelder 1871		denn Jehova wird deine Zuversicht sein, und wird deinen Fuß vor dem Fange bewahren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dominus enim erit in latere tuo, et custodiet pedem tuum, ne capiaris.