Proverbs 5:21
ContextNETBible | For the ways of a person 1 are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord 2 weighs 3 all that person’s 4 paths. |
XREF | 2Ch 16:9; Job 31:4; Job 34:21; Ps 11:4; Ps 17:3; Ps 139:1-12; Pr 15:3; Jer 16:17; Jer 17:10; Jer 23:24; Jer 32:19; Ho 7:2; Heb 4:13; Re 2:18,23 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “man.” 2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the 3 tn BDB 814 s.v. פָּלַס 2 suggests that the participle מְפַּלֵּס (mÿpalles) means “to make level [or, straight].” As one’s ways are in front of the eyes of the 4 tn Heb “all his”; the referent (the person mentioned in the first half of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |