Proverbs 16:3

Commit ¹  your works ²  to the Lord, and your plans will be established. ³ 

biblegateway Pro 16:3

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

biblegateway Pro 16:3

Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established.

biblegateway Pro 16:3

Commit your work to the LORD, and then your plans will succeed.

biblegateway Pro 16:3

Put GOD in charge of your work, then what you've planned will take place.

SABDAweb Pro 16:3

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

bibleoremus Pro 16:3

Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

biblegateway Pro 16:3

Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established.

biblegateway Pro 16:3

Commit ¹  your works ²  to the Lord, and your plans will be established. ³ 

¹ tc The MT reads גֹּל (gol, “commit”) from the root גָּלַל (galal, “to roll”). The LXX and Tg. Prov 16:3 have “reveal” as if the root were גָּלָה (galah, “to reveal”).

¹ tn Heb “roll.” The verb גֹּל (“to commit”) is from the root גָּלַל (“to roll”). The figure of rolling (an implied comparison or hypocatastasis), as in rolling one’s burdens on the Lord, is found also in Pss 22:8 [9]; 37:5; and 55:22. It portrays complete dependence on the Lord. This would be accomplished with a spirit of humility and by means of diligent prayer, but the plan must also have God’s approval.

² tn The suffix on the plural noun would be a subjective genitive: “the works you are doing,” or here, “the works that you want to do.”

³ tn The syntax of the second clause shows that there is subordination: The vav on וְיִכֹּנוּ (vÿyikonu) coming after the imperative of the first clause expresses that this clause is the purpose or result. People should commit their works in order that the Lord may establish them. J. H. Greenstone says, “True faith relieves much anxiety and smoothens many perplexities” (Proverbs, 172).