Proverbs 20:24 A person's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand their own way?

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
A person's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand their own way?

English Standard Version
A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

New American Standard Bible
Man's steps are ordained by the LORD, How then can man understand his way?

King James Bible
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A man's steps are determined by the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

International Standard Version
A man's steps are directed by the LORD; how then can anyone understand his own way?

American Standard Version
A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

Douay-Rheims Bible
The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Darby Bible Translation
The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

Young's Literal Translation
From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

Cross References

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps.

Jeremiah 10:23
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps.

Daniel 5:23
But have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine in them; and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, have you not glorified:

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:23. A bargain made by fraud will prove a losing bargain in the end. 24. How can we form plans, and conduct business, independently of the Lord? 25. The evasions men often use with their own consciences show how false and deceitful man is. 26. Justice should crush the wicked, and separate them from the virtuous. 27. The rational soul and conscience are as a lamp within us, which should be used in examining our dispositions and motives with the revealed will of God. 28. Mercy and truth are the glories of God's throne. 29. Both young and old have their advantages; and let neither despise or envy the other.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

24. Man's goings—literally, "Stately steppings of a strong man."

a man—any common man.

understand—or, "perceive."