21For a man's ways are in full view of the Lord , and he examines all his paths.


In Context

18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19 A loving doe, a graceful deer- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?

21 For a man's ways are in full view of the Lord , and he examines all his paths.

22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.

23 He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

Proverbs 5:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:21The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he maketh level all his paths.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his goings.