Proverbs 3:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ דָעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝ה֗וּא יְיַשֵּׁ֥ר אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

In-all-dərākekā dāʿēhû and-hûʾ yəyaššēr ʾōrəḥōtekā

Grammar Details

• *dərākekā*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ways
• *dāʿēhû*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - know him
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
• *yəyaššēr*: verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will make straight
• *ʾōrəḥōtekā*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your paths

Word Meanings

• *dərākekā*: ways/roads/journeys
• *dāʿēhû*: know/acknowledge/recognize
• *yəyaššēr*: make straight/smooth/direct
• *ʾōrəḥōtekā*: paths/routes/ways

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:3 : 3 Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
• Phil 4:6 : 6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
• 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.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
• Isa 30:21 : 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
• Prov 23:17 : 17 Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
• Col 3:23 : 23 {G2532} whatsoever {G3748} {G1437} ye do, work heartily, {G5590} as unto the Lord, and not unto men;
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.
• 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
• Col 3:17 : 17 And {G3748} whatsoever ye do, {G4160} in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
• Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
• Ezra 8:22-23 : 22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
• 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and shalt without fail recover [all].
• Neh 2:4 : 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
• Isa 45:13 : 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 But thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
• 1 Sam 4:11-12 : 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.