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King James Version

Psalms 25:12

What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fear of God;   Peace;   Righteous;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fear of God;   Reverence-Irreverence;   Teacher, Divine;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Letters;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Humility;   Knowledge of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Obedience;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hazkarat Neshamot;   Proselyte;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 30;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for June 2;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Who are those who fear the Lord ? He will show them the path they should choose.
English Revised Version
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
Update Bible Version
What man is he that fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
New Century Version
Are there those who respect the Lord ? He will point them to the best way.
New English Translation
The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live.
Webster's Bible Translation
What man [is] he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose.
World English Bible
What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
Amplified Bible
Who is the man who fears the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with submissive wonder]? He will teach him [through His word] in the way he should choose.
English Standard Version
Who is the man who fears the Lord ? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Who is a man, that dredith the Lord? he ordeyneth to hym a lawe in the weie which he chees.
Berean Standard Bible
Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
Contemporary English Version
You will show the right path to all who worship you.
American Standard Version
What man is he that feareth Jehovah? Him shall he instruct in the way that he shall choose.
Bible in Basic English
If a man has the fear of the Lord, the Lord will be his teacher in the way of his pleasure.
Complete Jewish Bible
Who is the person who fears Adonai ? He will teach him the way to choose.
Darby Translation
What man is he that feareth Jehovah? him will he instruct in the way [that] he should choose.
Easy-to-Read Version
When people choose to follow the Lord , he shows them the best way to live.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him will He instruct in the way that He should choose.
King James Version (1611)
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall chuse.
New Life Bible
Who is the man who fears the Lord? He will teach him in the way he should choose.
New Revised Standard
Who are they that fear the Lord ? He will teach them the way that they should choose.
Geneva Bible (1587)
What man is he that feareth the Lorde? him wil he teache the way that hee shall chuse.
George Lamsa Translation
What man is he that fears the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he has chosen.
Good News Translation
Those who have reverence for the Lord will learn from him the path they should follow.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who then is the man that revereth Yahweh? Let him direct him into the way he should choose.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(24-12) Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
Revised Standard Version
Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
What man is he that feareth God? [God] wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen.
Christian Standard Bible®
Who is this person who fears the Lord?He will show him the way he should choose.
Hebrew Names Version
What man is he who fears the LORD? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
Lexham English Bible
Who is the man fearing Yahweh? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
Literal Translation
What man is he who fears Jehovah? He teaches him the way he should choose.
Young's Literal Translation
Who [is] this -- the man fearing Jehovah? He directeth him in the way He doth choose.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
What so euer he be that feareth the LORDE, he shal shewe him the waye that he hath chosen.
THE MESSAGE
My question: What are God-worshipers like? Your answer: Arrows aimed at God's bull's-eye.
New American Standard Bible
Who is the person who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
New King James Version
Who is the man that fears the Lord?Him shall He [fn] teach in the way He [fn] chooses.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who is the man who fears the Lord ? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.
Legacy Standard Bible
Who is the man who fears Yahweh?He will instruct him in the way he should choose.

Contextual Overview

8 Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord , pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 12 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: Psalms 111:10, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 2:5, Proverbs 15:33, Proverbs 16:6, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Isaiah 50:10, Acts 10:2, Acts 10:22, Acts 13:26

him: Psalms 32:8, Psalms 37:23, Isaiah 35:8, John 3:20, John 3:21, John 7:17, John 8:31, John 8:32, Acts 11:14, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, 1 John 2:27

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:12 - now 1 Kings 8:36 - thou teach 2 Chronicles 6:27 - when thou hast Psalms 27:11 - Teach Psalms 86:11 - Teach Psalms 143:10 - Teach Proverbs 1:33 - whoso Proverbs 8:9 - General Proverbs 13:22 - leaveth Proverbs 15:19 - the way of the righteous Proverbs 20:24 - how Ecclesiastes 7:18 - for Isaiah 48:17 - which teacheth Micah 4:2 - and he Matthew 2:9 - the star Luke 1:79 - to guide John 14:26 - he Acts 9:6 - and it

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 25:10
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:15
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Psalms 83:6
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What man [is] he that feareth the Lord? That is, how happy a man is he! and one that fears the Lord is one that has the fear of God put into his heart, as a blessing of the covenant of grace before spoken of; who fears the Lord, not on account of the punishment of sin, but under the influence of the pardon of it, and for his goodness's sake; who loves the Lord, trusts in him, is careful not to offend him, hates sin, and avoids it, and has a strict regard to the worship of God in all its parts and branches, and performs it in fear; or who serves the Lord with reverence and godly fear. The description of this man's happiness follows in this verse and Psalms 25:12:

him shall he teach in the way [that] he shall choose; either which the man that fears God shall choose, which is the way of truth and duty,

Psalms 119:30; or the way which God prescribes to him, and is well pleasing in his sight, who teaches to profit, and leads in the way his people should go; and a great happiness it is for a man to have his steps ordered by the Lord and his goings directed by him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What man is he - Who is he. The statement in this verse is intended to include every man; or to be universal. Wherever one is found who has the character here referred to, or whoever he may be, of him what is here affirmed will be true, that God will lead him in the way that he shall choose.

That feareth the Lord - That is, a true worshipper of Yahweh, or that is truly a pious man: Psalms 5:7. “Him shall he teach.” He will guide, or instruct him. See Psalms 25:9.

In the way that he shall choose - The way that the person ought to choose; or, in other words, in the right way. It is not the way that God shall choose, but the way that the pious person ought to choose: God will so instruct him that he shall find the true path.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 25:12. That feareth the Lord — Who has a proper apprehension of his holiness, justice, and truth; and who, at the same time, sees himself a fallen spirit, and a transgressor of God's holy law, and consequently under the curse. That is the person that truly and reverently fears God.

Him shall he teach — Such a person has a teachable spirit.

The way that he shall choose. — The way that in the course of Providence he has chosen, as the way in which he is to gain things honest in the sight of all men; God will bless him in it, and give him as much earthly prosperity as may be useful to his soul in his secular vocation.


 
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