Proverbs 4:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פַּ֭לֵּס מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃

Transliteration

pallēs maʿgal raglekā wəkāl-dərākêkā yikkōnû

Grammar Details

• *pallēs*: imperative, masculine singular, piel - make level/make straight
• *maʿgal*: masculine singular construct noun - path of
• *raglekā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your foot
• *wəkāl-dərākêkā*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and all your ways
• *yikkōnû*: imperfect (jussive), 3rd person masculine plural, niphal - let them be established

Word Meanings

• *pallēs*: make level/make straight/weigh carefully
• *maʿgal*: path/track/way
• *yikkōnû*: be established/be prepared/be fixed/be firm

Referenced Verses

• 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
• 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
• Ps 37:23 : 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth{H8799)} in his way.
• Ps 119:5 : 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
• Prov 5:6 : 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
• Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
• Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Hag 1:5 : 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
• Hag 1:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
• Eph 5:17 : 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
• Ps 119:59 : 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
• Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up{H8686)} also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set{H8686)} my feet upon a rock, and established{H8790)} my goings.
• Heb 12:13 : 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
• 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.