Proverbs 3:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall 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 the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
• Phil 4:6 : 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
• Jer 10:23 : 23 O LORD, 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 {G1161} If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD 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 the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
• Prov 23:17 : 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
• Col 3:23 : 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to 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 the LORD 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 desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
• 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 whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
• Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
• Ezra 8:22-23 : 22 For I was ashamed to require 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 for good that seek him; 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 intreated of us.
• 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and 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 direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
• 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
• 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.