Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path. New Living Translation Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go. English Standard Version Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; Berean Standard Bible Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path. King James Bible Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. New King James Version Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. New American Standard Bible Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path. NASB 1995 Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good course. NASB 1977 Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good course. Legacy Standard Bible Then you will understand righteousness and justice And equity—every good track. Amplified Bible Then you will understand righteousness and justice [in every circumstance] And integrity and every good path. Christian Standard Bible Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—every good path. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and integrity—every good path. American Standard Version Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, yea, every good path. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness of all excellent ways Brenton Septuagint Translation Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgement; and shalt direct all thy course aright. Contemporary English Version With wisdom you will learn what is right and honest and fair. Douay-Rheims Bible Then shalt thou understand justice, and judgment, and equity, and every good path. English Revised Version Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, yea, every good path. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then you will understand what is right and just and fair- every good course [in life]. Good News Translation If you listen to me, you will know what is right, just, and fair. You will know what you should do. International Standard Version Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright—every good path. JPS Tanakh 1917 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, yea, every good path. Literal Standard Version Then you understand righteousness, | And judgment, and uprightness—every good path. Majority Standard Bible Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path. New American Bible Then you will understand what is right and just, what is fair, every good path; NET Bible Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity--every good way. New Revised Standard Version Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; New Heart English Bible Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. Webster's Bible Translation Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; and every good path. World English Bible Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. Young's Literal Translation Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Benefits of Wisdom…8to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints. 9Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity— every good path. 10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.… Cross References Proverbs 1:3 and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity. Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. Proverbs 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully. Treasury of Scripture Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yes, every good path. Proverbs 1:2-6 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; … Psalm 25:8,9 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way… Psalm 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Jump to Previous Acting Behaviour Course Discern Equity Fair Good Judgment Justice Path Right Righteousness Understand Understandest Upright Uprightness WayJump to Next Acting Behaviour Course Discern Equity Fair Good Judgment Justice Path Right Righteousness Understand Understandest Upright Uprightness WayProverbs 2 1. wisdom promises godliness to her children10. and safety from evil company 20. and direction in good ways Verse 9. - Then (אָז, az), repeated from ver. 5, introduces the second apodosis. As the former referred to God, so this appears to refer more especially to man, and thus we have stated the whole benefit, in its twofold aspect, which Wisdom confers on those who diligently seek her. It is not to be affirmed, however, that righteousness and judgment and equity refer exclusively to man; they must represent some aspects of our relationship to God, both from the meaning of the words themselves, and because the law which regulates our dealings and intercourse with man has its seat in the higher law of our relation to God. Righteousness, and judgment, and equity. These three words occur in the same collocation in Proverbs 1:3, which see. Yea, every good path. "Yea" does not occur in the original. The expression is a summarizing of the three previous conceptions, as if the teacher implied that all good paths are embraced by and included in "righteousness, and judgment, and equity;" but the term is also comprehensive in the widest degree. The literal translation is "every path of good" (כְּל־מַעְגֻּל־טוב, cal-ma'gal-tov), i.e. every course of action of which goodness is the characteristic, or, as the Authorized Version, "every good path," the sense in which it was understood by St. Jerome, omnem orbitam bonam. The word here used for "path" is מַעְגַּל (ma'gal), "the way in which the chariot rolls" (Delitzsch), and metaphorically a course of action, as in Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 4:26. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thenאָ֗ז (’āz) Adverb Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore you will discern תָּ֭בִין (tā·ḇîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand righteousness צֶ֣דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity and justice וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט (ū·miš·pāṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style and equity— וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים (ū·mê·šā·rîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4339: Evenness, prosperity, concord, straightness, rectitude every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every good טֽוֹב׃ (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good path. מַעְגַּל־ (ma‘·gal-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4570: An entrenchment, track Links Proverbs 2:9 NIVProverbs 2:9 NLT Proverbs 2:9 ESV Proverbs 2:9 NASB Proverbs 2:9 KJV Proverbs 2:9 BibleApps.com Proverbs 2:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 2:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 2:9 French Bible Proverbs 2:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice (Prov. 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