Proverbs 3:17

3:17 Her ways are very pleasant, ¹ 

and all her paths are peaceful.

Luke 1:79

1:79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, ² 

to guide our feet into the way ³  of peace.”

Romans 3:17

3:17 and the way of peace they have not known.” ⁴ 

[3:17]  ¹ tn Heb “her ways are ways of pleasantness” (so KJV, NRSV). The present translation contracts this expression for the sake of smoothness. The plural of דֶרֶךְ (derekh, “way”) is repeated for emphasis. The noun נֹעַם (no’am, “pleasantness”) functions as an attributive genitive: “pleasant ways.”

[1:79]  ² sn On the phrases who sit in darkness…and…death see Isa 9:1-2; 42:7; 49:9-10.

[1:79]  ³ tn Or “the path.”

[3:17]  ⁴ sn Rom 3:15-17 is a quotation from Isa 59:7-8.