King James Version
Proverbs 5:21 in the King James Version says “For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.”
Proverbs 5:21 · KJV
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. satisfy: Heb. water thee be thou: Heb. err thou always in her love
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. sins: Heb. sin
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“are before”
H5227properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in front of, forward, in behalf of
“the eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“For the ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“of 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)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all his goings”
H4570a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
“and he pondereth”
H6424properly, to roll flat, i.e., prepare (a road); also to revolve, i.e., weigh (mentally)
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