Proverbs 4:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּֽ֭לֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַ֣ר צַעֲדֶ֑ךָ וְאִם־תָּ֝ר֗וּץ לֹ֣א תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃

Transliteration

bəlektəkā lōʾ-yēṣar ṣaʿădekā wəʾim-tārûṣ lōʾ tikkāšēl

Grammar Details

*bəlektəkā*: preposition + infinitive construct, qal + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - when you walk
*lōʾ-yēṣar*: negative particle + imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, qal - not will be narrow/restricted
*ṣaʿădekā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your step
*wəʾim-tārûṣ*: conjunction + conjunction + imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular, qal - and if you run
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tikkāšēl*: imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular, niphal - you will stumble

Word Meanings

*yēṣar*: be narrow/restricted/confined
*ṣaʿădekā*: your step/stride/place of stepping
*tārûṣ*: run/rush
*tikkāšēl*: stumble/stagger/be brought down

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 3:23 : 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Ps 18:36 : 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
2 Sam 22:37 : 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
Job 18:7-8 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Ps 91:11-12 : 11 For he shall give his angels charge{H8762)} over thee, to keep{H8800)} thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up{H8799)} in their hands, lest thou dash{H8799)} thy foot against a stone.
Ps 119:165 : 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Prov 6:22 : 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Jer 31:9 : 9 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
John 11:9-9 : 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
1 Pet 2:8 : 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
1 John 2:10-11 : 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

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