Proverbs 20:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
Jer 10:23 : 23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Ps 25:4 : 4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.
Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Acts 17:28 : 28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Ps 37:23 : 23 A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
Dan 5:23 : 23 but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Jer 10:23-24
2 verses
81%
23O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
24O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Prov 5:21
81%
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
Prov 16:9
79%
9A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
Job 34:21
78%
21For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
Ps 37:23
76%
23A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
Prov 21:1-2
2 verses
75%
1The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: {H4325} He turneth it whithersoever he will.
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
Prov 19:2-3
2 verses
74%
2Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.
Prov 14:12
74%
12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Prov 16:1-3
3 verses
73%
1The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
3Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
Job 28:23
73%
23God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.
Prov 21:8
73%
8The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right.
Prov 3:5-6
2 verses
73%
5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Prov 4:26
72%
26Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
Prov 16:25
72%
25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Eccl 8:7
72%
7for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?
Prov 5:6
72%
6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.
Job 38:20
72%
20That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?
Job 31:4
72%
4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
Prov 4:19
72%
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
Ps 17:5
71%
5My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
Hos 14:9
71%
9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
Prov 15:24
71%
24To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Prov 19:21
71%
21There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
Ps 144:4
71%
4Man is like to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Ps 77:19
71%
19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
Prov 20:23
71%
23Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good.
Prov 10:9
71%
9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Ps 94:11
71%
11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
Prov 2:20
70%
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
Prov 21:16
70%
16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
Job 24:23
70%
23[ God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
Eccl 6:12
70%
12For who knoweth what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Eccl 7:24
70%
24That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
Prov 24:12
70%
12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
Prov 20:25
70%
25It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry.
Job 34:11
70%
11For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job 20:4
70%
4Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
Prov 14:8
70%
8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
Job 18:7
70%
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
Prov 2:9
70%
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.
Prov 20:11
70%
11Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Eccl 9:1
70%
1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.
Eccl 3:21
69%
21Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
Job 28:20
69%
20Whence then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?