22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.


In Context

19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.

21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

Proverbs 6:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:22When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:22When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:22when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:22In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked — it talketh with thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:22When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you wake, it shall talk with you.