King James Version
Proverbs 21:2 in the King James Version says “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.”
Proverbs 21:2 · KJV
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. An: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes the plowing: or, the light
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Every way”
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)
“pondereth”
H8505to balance, i.e., measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)
“but the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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