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Proverbs 5:21

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5:21 For the ways of a person 1  are in front of the Lord’s eyes,

and the Lord 2  weighs 3  all that person’s 4  paths.

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[5:21]  1 tn Heb “man.”

[5:21]  2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  3 tn BDB 814 s.v. פָּלַס 2 suggests that the participle מְפַּלֵּס (mÿpalles) means “to make level [or, straight].” As one’s ways are in front of the eyes of the Lord, they become straight or right. It could be translated “weighs” since it is a denominative from the noun for “balance, scale”; the Lord weighs or examines the actions.

[5:21]  4 tn Heb “all his”; the referent (the person mentioned in the first half of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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