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Proverbs 3:5

NETBible	Trust¹ in the Lord with all your heart,² and do not rely³ on your own understanding.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 3:5	Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:5	Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 3:5	Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 3:5	Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 3:5	Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 3:5	Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 3:5	Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
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KJV	Trust <0982> (8798) in the LORD <03068> with all thine heart <03820>_; and lean <08172> (8735) not unto thine own understanding <0998>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:5	Trust <0982> in the LORD <03068> with all <03605> your heart <03820> And do not lean <08172> on your own understanding <0998> .
LXXM	isyi <1510> V-PAD-2S pepoiywv <3982> V-RAPNS en <1722> PREP olh <3650> A-DSF kardia <2588> N-DSF epi <1909> PREP yew <2316> N-DSM epi <1909> PREP de <1161> PRT sh <4674> A-DSF sofia <4678> N-DSF mh <3165> ADV epairou {V-PMD-2S}
NET [draft] ITL	Trust <0982> in the Lord <03068> with all <03605> your heart <03820> , and do not <0408> rely <08172> on your own understanding <0998> .
HEBREW	Nest <08172> la <0408> Ktnyb <0998> law <0413> Kbl <03820> lkb <03605> hwhy <03068> la <0413> xjb (3:5) <0982>

NETBible

Trust¹ in the Lord with all your heart,² and do not rely³ on your own understanding.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn The word בְּטַח (bÿtakh, “trust”) is used in the OT in (1) literal physical sense: to physically lean upon something for support and (2) figurative sense: to rely upon someone or something for help or protection (BDB 105 s.v. I בְּטַח; HALOT 120 s.v. I בטח). The verb is often used with false securities, people trusting in things that prove to be worthless. But here the object of the secure trust is the Lord who is a reliable object of confidence.

²sn The “heart” functions as a metonymy of subject encompassing mind, emotions and will (BDB 524 s.v. לֵב 2).

³tn Heb “do not lean.” The verb שָׁעַן (sha’an, “to lean; to rely”) is used in (1) literal physical sense of leaning upon something for support and (2) figurative sense of relying upon someone or something for help or protection (BDB 1043 s.v.). Here it functions figuratively (hypocatastasis: implied comparison); relying on one’s own understanding is compared to leaning on something that is unreliable for support (e.g., Isa 10:20).

⁴tn Heb “your understanding.” The term בִּינָה (binah, “understanding”) is used elsewhere in this book of insight given by God from the instructions in Proverbs (Prov 2:3; 7:4; 8:14; 9:6, 10; 23:23). Here it refers to inherent human understanding that functions in relative ignorance unless supplemented by divine wisdom (Job 28:12-28; 39:26). The reflexive pronoun “own” is supplied in the translation to clarify this point. It is dangerous for a person to rely upon mere human wisdom (Prov 14:12; 16:25).