11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 37:23
A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
Psalm 37:23 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
- KJV King James Version
- The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A man’s goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, || They have been prepared, || And He desires his way.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord shows the right path to those who follow him, and is happy with the way they live.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, They have been prepared, And his way he desireth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The steps of a man are established by Jehovah, and he delighteth in his way:
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- A man’s steps are established by the LORD. He delights in his way.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 36:23 in this edition
- With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| מֵ֭יְהוָה | Yah·weh | by the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| מִֽצְעֲדֵי־ | miṣ·‘ă·ḏê- | The steps | H4703 מִצְעָד step |
| גֶ֥בֶר | ḡe·ḇer | of a man | H1397 גָּבֶר great man |
| כּוֹנָ֗נוּ | kō·w·nā·nū | are ordered | H3559 כּוּן to establish: prepare |
| וְדַרְכּ֥וֹ | wə·ḏar·kōw | in his journey | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| יֶחְפָּֽץ׃ | yeḥ·pāṣ | [who] takes delight | H2654 חָפֵץ to delight in |
Related verses
- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
- Psalm 119:133
Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
- Proverbs 4:26
Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
- 1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
- Psalm 40:2
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
- Psalm 121:8
Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
- Psalm 85:13
Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for 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.
- Psalm 121:3
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
- Psalm 147:10–11
He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
21 The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.
22 For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
23 A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
24 Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
Read all of Psalm 37 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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