Proverbs 2:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then you will understand righteousness and judgment and equity; yes, every good path.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

then tāḇîn ṣеḏеq and-mišpāṭ and-mêšārîm all-maʿgal-ṭôḇ

Grammar Details

• *tāḇîn*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will understand
• *ṣеḏеq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment
• *mêšārîm*: noun, masculine plural - equity/uprightness
• *maʿgal*: noun, masculine singular construct - path/track
• *ṭôḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - good

Word Meanings

• *tāḇîn*: understand/discern/perceive
• *ṣеḏеq*: righteousness/rightness/what is right
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/right
• *mêšārîm*: equity/uprightness/straightness
• *maʿgal*: path/track/way
• *ṭôḇ*: good/pleasant/agreeable

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—the entire good path.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou understand{H995} righteousness{H6664} and justice,{H4941} And equity,{H4339} [yea], every good{H2896} path.{H4570}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then shalt thou understand{H995}{(H8799)} righteousness{H6664}, and judgment{H4941}, and equity{H4339}; yea, every good{H2896} path{H4570}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite, yee and euery good path.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, `yea', every good path.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, [yea], every good path.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity– every good way.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He will teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek He will guide in judgment, and the meek He will teach His way.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.
• Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
• Ps 119:105 : 105 NUN. Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for I trust in You: cause me to know the way I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You. 9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee to You to hide me. 10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God: Your Spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
• Prov 1:2-6 : 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel; 6 To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
• Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD your God who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus says the LORD, Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it.
• Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me.