Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
Proverbs 5:21 in other translations
| BSB | For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths. |
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| WEB | For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths. |
| ASV | For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. |
| YLT | For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering. |
| DARBY | For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. |
| BBE | For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales. |
| Webster | For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. |
What does Proverbs 5:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 5:15-23
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish…
Proverbs 5:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 5:21
- Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
- Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
- Job 34:21
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
- Jeremiah 32:19
Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- Jeremiah 16:17
For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
- Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.
- Hosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
- Psalms 119:168
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
- Job 31:4
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
- Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Psalms 139:1-12
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. …
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Context
- Proverbs 5:20
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs 5:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues que los caminos del hombre están ante los ojos de Jehová, y él considera todas sus veredas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car les voies de l’homme sont devant les yeux de l’ Éternel, et il pèse tous ses chemins. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn vor den Augen Jehovas sind eines jeden Wege, und alle seine Geleise wägt er ab. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat. |