Passage
Proverbs 16.9
Book: Proverbs · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV (ASV)
7. When a man's ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 8. Better is a little, with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
9. A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
- A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment. 11. A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work. (Proverbs 16:7-11, ASV)
WEB (WEB)
7. When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. 8. Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
9. A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
- Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth. 11. Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work. (Proverbs 16:7-11, WEB)
KJV (KJV)
7. When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 8. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
- A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. A divine: Heb. Divination 11. A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work. the weights: Heb. the stones (Proverbs 16:7-11, KJV)
YLT (YLT)
7. When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him. 8. Better [is] a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
9. The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.
- An oath [is] on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not. 11. A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag. (Proverbs 16:7-11, YLT)
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Setting
- Speaker: Solomon (principal); Agur; Lemuel; wise men
- Audience: young Israelite men in the wisdom tradition
- Location: Israel, Solomonic court
- Time period: principal composition c. 970-930 BC (Solomon); compilation c. 700 BC (Hezekiah)
Theological reading
Key words
- H0120 - adam, adam (Strong's H120). Also appears in: Genesis 1.26, Genesis 1.27, Genesis 2.7.
- H3068 - YHWH, YHWH (Strong's H3068). Also appears in: Genesis 2.4, Genesis 2.7, Genesis 2.16-17.
- H3820 - lev, lev (Strong's H3820). Also appears in: Genesis 6.5, Genesis 6, Genesis 18.1-15.
Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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