11 translations · Hebrew
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
- KJV King James Version
- In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- ASV American Standard Version
- In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- In all your ways know Him, || And He makes your paths straight.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Remember him in everything you do, and he'll show you the right way.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
- DBY Darby Translation
- in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | in all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ | də·rā·ḵe·ḵā | your ways | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| דָעֵ֑הוּ | ḏā·‘ê·hū | acknowledge Him | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| וְ֝ה֗וּא | wə·hū | and He | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| יְיַשֵּׁ֥ר | yə·yaš·šêr | will make | H3474 יָשַׁר to smooth |
| אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | ’ō·rə·ḥō·ṯe·ḵā | your paths {straight} | H734 אֹ֫רַח way |
Related verses
- Proverbs 16:3
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
- Psalm 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
- Philippians 4:6
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
- 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.
- Isaiah 30:21
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
- Isaiah 48:17
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
- Psalm 25:8–9
Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
- Colossians 3:23
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.
8 It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
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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