Psalms 25:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דְּרָכֶ֣יךָ יְ֭הוָה הוֹדִיעֵ֑נִי אֹ֖רְחוֹתֶ֣יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי

Transliteration

dĕrāḵêḵā YHWH hôdîʿēnî ʾōrĕḥôṯêḵā lammĕdēnî

Grammar Details

*dĕrāḵêḵā*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your ways'
*hôdîʿēnî*: verb, Hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'make me know/show me'
*ʾōrĕḥôṯêḵā*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your paths'
*lammĕdēnî*: verb, Piel imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'teach me'

Word Meanings

*dĕrāḵêḵā*: your ways/your roads/your courses of life
*hôdîʿēnî*: make me know/show me/cause me to understand
*ʾōrĕḥôṯêḵā*: your paths/your trails/your courses of action
*lammĕdēnî*: teach me/train me/instruct me

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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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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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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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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

Exod 33:13 : 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
Ps 86:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.
Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Prov 8:20 : 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
Isa 2:3 : 3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.
Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
Ps 5:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

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