Proverbs 4:26

Make the path for your feet ¹  level, ²  so that ³  all your ways may be established. ⁴ 

Ps 37:23; Ps 40:2; Ps 119:59; Pr 5:6; Eze 18:28; Hag 1:5,7; Eph 5:15,17; 1Th 3:13; 2Th 3:3; 1Pe 5:10

¹ tn Heb “path of your foot.”

² sn The verb is a denominative Piel from the word פֶּלֶס (peles), “balance; scale.” In addition to telling the disciple to keep focused on a righteous life, the sage tells him to keep his path level, which is figurative for living the righteous life.

³ tn The vav prefixed to the beginning of this dependent clause denotes purpose/result following the preceding imperative.

⁴ tn The Niphal jussive from כּוּן (cun, “to be fixed; to be established; to be steadfast”) continues the idiom of walking and ways for the moral sense in life.