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Proverbs 3:6

NETBible	Acknowledge¹ him in all your ways,² and he will make your paths straight.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 3:6	in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:6	In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 3:6	Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 3:6	Listen for GOD's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 3:6	In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 3:6	In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 3:6	In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
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KJV	In all thy ways <01870> acknowledge <03045> (8798) him, and he shall direct <03474> (8762) thy paths <0734>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 3:6	In all <03605> your ways <01870> acknowledge <03045> Him, And He will make <03474> your paths <0734> straight <03474> .
LXXM	en <1722> PREP pasaiv <3956> A-DPF odoiv <3598> N-DPF sou <4771> P-GS gnwrize <1107> V-PAD-2S authn <846> D-ASF ina <2443> CONJ oryotomh <3718> V-PAS-3S tav <3588> T-APF odouv <3598> N-APF sou <4771> P-GS o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT pouv <4228> N-NSM sou <4771> P-GS ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV proskopth {V-PAS-3S}
NET [draft] ITL	Acknowledge <03045> him in all <03605> your ways <01870> , and he <01931> will make <03474> your paths <0734> straight <03474> .
HEBREW	Kytxra <0734> rsyy <03474> awhw <01931> whed <03045> Kykrd <01870> lkb (3:6) <03605>

NETBible

Acknowledge¹ him in all your ways,² and he will make your paths straight.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “know him.” The verb יָדַע (yadah, “to know”) includes mental awareness of who God is and the consequential submission to his lordship. To know him is to obey him. The sage is calling for a life of trust and obedience in which the disciple sees the Lord in every event and relies on him. To acknowledge the Lord in every event means trusting and obeying him for guidance in right conduct.

²tn The term דֶרֶךְ (derekh, “way”) is figurative (hypocatastasis: implied comparison) referring to a person’s course of life, actions and undertakings (Prov 2:8; 3:6, 23; 11:5; 20:24; 29:27; 31:3; BDB 203 s.v. 5; cf. TEV “in everything you do”; NCV, NLT “in all you do”). This is a call for total commitment in trust for obedience in all things.

³tn The verb יָשָׁר (yashar) means “to make smooth; to make straight” (BDB 444 s.v.). This phrase means “to make the way free from obstacles,” that is, to make it successful (e.g., Isa 40:3). The straight, even road is the right road; God will make the way smooth for the believer.