Proverbs 6:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃

Transliteration

For nēr miṣwāh and-tôrāh ʾôr and-dereḵ ḥayyîm tôḵəḥôt mûsār

Grammar Details

• *nēr*: noun, masculine singular - lamp
• *miṣwāh*: noun, feminine singular - commandment
• *tôrāh*: noun, feminine singular - teaching/instruction
• *ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
• *dereḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - way of
• *ḥayyîm*: noun, masculine plural - life
• *tôḵəḥôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - reproofs of
• *mûsār*: noun, masculine singular - discipline/instruction

Word Meanings

• *nēr*: lamp/light
• *miṣwāh*: commandment/precept
• *tôrāh*: teaching/instruction/law
• *tôḵəḥôt*: reproofs/corrections/rebukes
• *mûsār*: discipline/instruction/correction

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reoofs of instruction are the way of life:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the commandment{H4687} is a lamp;{H5216} And the law{H8451} is light;{H216} And reproofs{H8433} of instruction{H4148} are the way{H1870} of life:{H2416}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For the commandment{H4687} is a lamp{H5216}; and the law{H8451} is light{H216}; and reproofs{H8433} of instruction{H4148} are the way{H1870} of life{H2416}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  (For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yee chastenynge & nurtoure is ye waye of life)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:105 : 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
• Ps 19:8 : 8 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the elders, because I keep Your precepts.
• Lev 19:17 : 17 Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.
• Ps 141:5 : 5 Let a righteous person strike me—it is a kindness; let them rebuke me—it is oil on my head, which my head will not refuse. For my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.
• Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, and those who hold her fast are blessed.
• Prov 4:4 : 4 he taught me and said to me, 'Let your heart hold onto my words; keep my commands, and you will live.'
• Prov 4:13 : 13 Hold tightly to instruction; do not let it go. Guard it well, for it is your life.
• Prov 5:12 : 12 You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!'
• Prov 15:24 : 24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.
• Prov 15:31 : 31 The ear that listens to life-giving correction will dwell among the wise.
• Prov 29:15 : 15 The rod of correction and discipline impart wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
• Jer 21:8 : 8 Now you shall also say to this people: "Thus says the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
• Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.