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Proverbs 20:24
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The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?
A man's goings are of Yahweh; How then can [noble] man understand his way?
The Lord decides what a person will do; no one understands what his life is all about.
The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord — so how can anyone understand his own way?
Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
A man's steps are from Yahweh; How then can man understand his way?
A man's steps are from the Lord ; how then can man understand his way?
The steppis of man ben dressid of the Lord; who forsothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie?
A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
A man's steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?
How can we know what will happen to us when the Lord alone decides?
A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
A man's steps are ordered by Adonai , so how can a person understand his own ways?
The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?
The Lord guides our steps, and we never know where he will lead us.
A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man look to his way?
Mans goings are of the Lord; how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
A man's steps are decided by the Lord. How can anyone understand his own way?
All our steps are ordered by the Lord ; how then can we understand our own ways?
The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
A mans steps are directed by the LORD; who is the man, then, who can direct his own way?
The Lord has determined our path; how then can anyone understand the direction his own life is taking?
From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?
The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
A man's steps are ordered by the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
A man’s goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?
Even a courageous person’s steps are determined by the Lord,so how can anyone understand his own way?
A man's steps are from the LORD; How then can man understand his way?
Man's goings are of the Lord ; how can a man then understand his own way?
Away from Yahweh are the steps of a strong man, and how will humankind understand his ways?
The steps of a man are from Jehovah, and what can man discern of his way?
From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?
The LORDE ordreth euery mas goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth his owne wayes?
The very steps we take come from God; otherwise how would we know where we're going?
A man's steps are ordained by the LORD; How then can a person understand his way?
A man's steps are of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way?
Man's steps are ordained by the LORD, How then can man understand his way?
The steps of a man are from Yahweh,How then can man understand his way?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Man's: Psalms 37:23, Jeremiah 10:23, Daniel 5:23, Acts 17:28
how: Proverbs 14:8, Proverbs 16:9, Psalms 25:4, Psalms 25:12, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 10:7
Reciprocal: Proverbs 16:1 - preparations Proverbs 21:1 - The king's
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Man's goings [are] of the Lord,.... In a natural and literal sense, the instruments of going are of the Lord; the act of motion from place to place is not without the concourse of his providence; as in him we live, and move, and have our being, so "in and by him we move"; he preserves our going out and coming in; and as the preservation, so the success and prosperity of journeying are owing to his providence, and the whole is under his care and direction: and so likewise, in a civil sense, all the civil concerns, business, and actions of life, are guided by his providence; there is a time for every purpose under heaven, and the success of all depends on a divine blessing; and things are with every man in civil life according to the providence of God, and as it is his pleasure they should be; and it is by him they are directed to take this and the other step, the issue of which is according to his will: and this may be applied to men's goings in a spiritual and religious sense; faith, which is properly a man's going to Christ as a perishing sinner for pardon and cleansing, for righteousness and life, for food and rest, and eternal salvation, is not of a man's self, it is of God; it is his gift, and of his operation; no man can go to Christ in this way unless it be given him of God, or he is drawn by his grace, John 6:35; and all spiritual actions which flew from hence are by the grace of God, and under his influence and direction; as walking in the path of truth, it is the Lord that teaches it, causes to choose it, leads into it, and preserves there; walking in the statutes and ordinances of the Lord, and in the ways of righteousness and holiness, is of him, and owing to his Spirit puts within his people; and indeed all good works done by them, which may be called their goings, he has foreordained that they should walk in them; it is by the grace of God, and in the strength of Christ, and with the assistance of the blessed Spirit, they walk on in them; and their perseverance in faith and holiness, or their going from strength to strength, is all of the Lord;
how can a man then understand his own way? even of a journey in a literal sense, what will be the issue and event of it, when or whether ever he shall return to his own house again, since all is under the direction and providence of God; and also of his civil affairs, he knows his beginning, and how he goes on for the present; but what will be the end he knows not; and a natural and unregenerate man knows not what way he is in, where he is going, and what his last end will be; being in darkness, in which he was born, brought up, and continues, he does not rightly understand what is his duty, what he should do, what is the good and perfect will of God, what the way is in which he should go, and which is for his good; nor the way everlasting, which leads to eternal life, few find this way. Or it may be understood of the way of the Lord, "how can a man then understand his way?" the Lord's way, not man's; the way of the Lord in providence, which is as the deep, and unsearchable; and the way of life and salvation by Christ, which is of the Lord's devising and resolving on; this way of peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life, is not known by the natural man; and when it is externally revealed in the word, and by the outward ministry of it, it is not understood so as to be approved of, but is despised, unless God gives a heart to know it, or a spiritual and experimental understanding of it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The order of a manâs life is a mystery even to himself. He knows not where he is going, or for what God is educating him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 20:24. Man's goings are of the Lord — He, by his providence, governs all the great concerns of the world. Man often traverses these operations; but he does it to his own damage. An old writer quaintly says: "They who will carve for themselves shall cut their fingers."
