A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
Parallel translations
- KJV The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
- BSB The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
- NKJV The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
- NASB ¶The steps of a man are established by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
- NLT The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 16:9A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
- Ps 119:133Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.
- Prov 4:26Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
- 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
- Ps 40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
- Ps 121:8Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.
- Ps 85:13Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.
- Jer 10:23Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
- Ps 121:3He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
- Ps 147:10–11He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
- Job 23:11–12My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
- Ps 17:5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Ps 119:5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
- Jer 9:24But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight,” says Yahweh.
- Prov 11:1A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
- Prov 11:20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
- Heb 13:16But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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