11 translations · Hebrew
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
- KJV King James Version
- Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- ASV American Standard Version
- Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Trust to YHWH with all your heart, || And do not lean to your own understanding.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Put your trust totally in the Lord—don't rely on what you think you know!
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּטַ֣ח | bə·ṭaḥ | Trust | H982 בָּטַח to trust |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | in | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| יְ֭הוָה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | with all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| לִבֶּ֑ךָ | lib·be·ḵā | your heart | H3820 לֵב heart |
| וְאֶל־ | wə·’el- | on | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| בִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗ | bî·nā·ṯə·ḵā | your own understanding | H998 בִּינָה understanding |
| אַל־ | ’al- | not | H408 אַל not |
| תִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃ | tiš·šā·‘ên | and lean | H8172 שָׁעַן to lean |
Related verses
- Psalm 37:5
Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh. For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green; and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
- Proverbs 28:26
One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
- Psalm 37:3
Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
- Psalm 62:8
Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Isaiah 26:3–4
You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
- Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Psalm 37:7
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
- Proverbs 3:7
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
- Jeremiah 10:23
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Read all of Proverbs 3 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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