Discovery BoxProverbs 6:22 
Context6:22 When you walk about, 1 they 2 will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, 3 they will talk 4 to you.
Proverbs 15:3
Context15:3 The eyes of the Lord 5 are in every place,
keeping watch 6 on those who are evil and those who are good.
1 tn The verbal form is the Hitpael infinitive construct with a preposition and a suffixed subjective genitive to form a temporal clause. The term הָלַךְ (halakh) in this verbal stem means “to go about; to go to and fro.” The use of these terms in v. 22 also alludes to Deut 6:7.
2 tn Heb “it will guide you.” The verb is singular and the instruction is the subject.
3 tn In both of the preceding cola an infinitive construct was used for the temporal clauses; now the construction uses a perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. The verb would then be equivalent to an imperfect tense, but subordinated as a temporal clause here.
4 sn The Hebrew verb means “talk” in the sense of “to muse; to complain; to meditate”; cf. TEV, NLT “advise you.” Instruction bound to the heart will speak to the disciple on awaking.
5 sn The proverb uses anthropomorphic language to describe God’s exacting and evaluating knowledge of all people.
6 tn The form צֹפוֹת (tsofot, “watching”) is a feminine plural participle agreeing with “eyes.” God’s watching eyes comfort good people but convict evil.
