Proverbs 4:11

I will guide you ¹  in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths. ² 

biblegateway Pro 4:11

I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.

biblegateway Pro 4:11

I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.

biblegateway Pro 4:11

I will teach you wisdom’s ways and lead you in straight paths.

biblegateway Pro 4:11

I'm writing out clear directions to Wisdom Way, I'm drawing a map to Righteous Road.

SABDAweb Pro 4:11

I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

bibleoremus Pro 4:11

I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

biblegateway Pro 4:11

I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.

biblegateway Pro 4:11

I will guide you ¹  in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths. ² 

¹ tn The form הֹרֵתִיךָ (horetikha) is the Hiphil perfect with a suffix from the root יָרָה (yarah, “to guide”). This and the parallel verb should be taken as instantaneous perfects, translated as an English present tense: The sage is now instructing or pointing the way.

¹ sn The verb יָרָה (yarah) means “to teach; to instruct; to guide.” This is from the same root as the Hebrew word for “law” (torah). See G. R. Driver, “Hebrew Notes,” VT 1 (1951): 241-50; and J. L. Crenshaw, “The Acquisition of Knowledge in Israelite Wisdom Literature,” WW 7 (1986): 9.

² tn Heb “in the tracks of uprightness”; cf. NAB “on straightforward paths.” Both the verb and the object of the preposition make use of the idiom – the verb is the Hiphil perfect from דֶּרֶךְ (derekh, related to “road; way”) and the object is “wagon tracks, paths.”