Proverbs 5:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י נֹ֨כַח ׀ עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו מְפַלֵּֽס

Transliteration

For in-front-of ʿênê YHWH darkê-ʾîš and-all-his-maʿgĕlôt mĕpallēs

Grammar Details

• *nōkaḥ*: preposition - in front of/opposite
• *ʿênê*: noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of
• *YHWH*: noun, proper name - LORD/Yahweh
• *darkê*: noun, masculine plural construct - ways of
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *maʿgĕlôt*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his paths/tracks
• *mĕpallēs*: verb, piel participle masculine singular - weighing/leveling/examining

Word Meanings

• *nōkaḥ*: in front of/opposite/before
• *ʿênê*: eyes/sight
• *darkê*: ways/paths/roads/journeys
• *ʾîš*: man/husband/person/each
• *maʿgĕlôt*: paths/tracks/ways/habits
• *mĕpallēs*: weighing/examining/evaluating/considering/measuring

Referenced Verses

• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Job 31:4 : 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
• Job 34:21 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
• Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
• Jer 16:17 : 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
• Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
• Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
• 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
• Job 14:16 : 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
• Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Ps 119:168 : 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
• Ps 139:1-9 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.