Proverbs 6:23

For the commandments ¹  are like ²  a lamp, ³  instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like ⁴  the road leading to life, ⁵ 

biblegateway Pro 6:23

For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,

biblegateway Pro 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

biblegateway Pro 6:23

For these commands and this teaching are a lamp to light the way ahead of you. The correction of discipline is the way to life.

biblegateway Pro 6:23

For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.

SABDAweb Pro 6:23

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

bibleoremus Pro 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

biblegateway Pro 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

biblegateway Pro 6:23

For the commandments ¹  are like ²  a lamp, ³  instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like ⁴  the road leading to life, ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “the commandment” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

² tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

³ sn The terms “lamp,” “light,” and “way” are all metaphors. The positive teachings and commandments will illumine or reveal to the disciple the way to life; the disciplinary correctives will provide guidance into fullness of life.

⁴ tn The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “the way of life” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV, NLT “the way to life.” The noun “life” is a genitive following the construct “way.” It could be an attributive genitive modifying the kind of way/course of life that instruction provides, but it could also be objective in that the course of life followed would produce and lead to life.