2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.


In Context

1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

3 Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.

4 The LORD has made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Proverbs 16:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:2All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.