Proverbs 20:24 Go deeper

Man’s goings are of the LORD ; how can a man then understand his own way? (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מֵיהוָ֥הme.Yah.weh[are] from Yahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 20:24 word 1

מִצְעֲדֵי\־mitz.'a.dei-[the] steps of

Lemma: מִצְעָד (mits.ad) · Strong's: H4703

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: step

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 37:23, Daniel 11:43 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4703; TAHOT Proverbs 20:24 word 2

גָ֑בֶרGa.vera man

Lemma: גָּבֶר (ga.ver) · Strong's: H1397

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: great man

Used 65 times. Also: Exodus 10:11, Exodus 12:37, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Deuteronomy 22:5, Joshua 7:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1397; TAHOT Proverbs 20:24 word 3

וְ֝אָדָ֗םve.'a.Damand anyone

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Proverbs 20:24 word 4

מַה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Proverbs 20:24 word 5

יָּבִ֥יןya.Vinwill he understand

Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to understand

Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Proverbs 20:24 word 6

דַּרְכּֽוֹ\׃dar.Koown way his

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: way: conduct

Used 321 times. Also: Genesis 6:12, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 31:35, Exodus 18:20, Exodus 32:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870G; TAHOT Proverbs 20:24 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

A man’s	→	גָּבֶר H1397 great man
steps	→	מִצְעָד H4703 step
[are] from the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
so how	→	מָה H4100 what?
can anyone	→	אָדָם H0120G man
understand	→	בִּין H0995 to understand
his own way	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870G way: conduct

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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