King James Version
Proverbs 16:2 in the King James Version says “All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”
Proverbs 16:2 · KJV
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. preparations: or, disposings
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. Commit: Heb. Roll
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“All the ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“of a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“in his own eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“weigheth”
H8505to balance, i.e., measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)
“the spirits”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“but the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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