The King’s Heart
Proverbs 21:29
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.Or puts up a bold front
- KJV
- A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.directeth: or, considereth
- WEB
- A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
- ASV
- A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
- LSV
- A wicked man has hardened by his face, || And the upright—he prepares his way.
- YLT
- A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright — he prepareth his way.
- DBY
- A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.
- DRC
- The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.
- GNV
- A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.
- JPS
- A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he looketh well to his way.
- LXXE
- An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.See Alex. ungodly.
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Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): יָכִין (“he directs”). Read aloud (Qere): יָבִ֬ין (“he considers”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Written (Ketiv): דְּרָכָיו׃ (“ways his”). Read aloud (Qere): דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃ (“way his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads יָכִ֬ין; read aloud (Qere) reads יָבִ֬ין (“he considers”).
- Leningrad Codex reads דַּרְכֹּֽיו׃; read aloud (Qere) reads דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃ (“way his”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֵעֵ֬ז אִ֣ישׁ רָשָׁ֣ע בְּפָנָ֑יו וְ֝יָשָׁ֗ר ה֤וּא ׀ יכין דרכיו׃Read aloud as (qere): יָבִ֬יןRead aloud as (qere): דַּרְכּֽוֹ
- LXX-Br
- Ἀσεβὴς ἀνὴρ ἀναιδῶς ὑφίσταται προσώπῳ, ὁ δὲ εὐθὺς αὐτὸς συνιεῖ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
- Haggai 1:7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
- Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
- Psalms 119:59I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
- Jeremiah 44:16–17“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her,…
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- Haggai 2:18–19Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully: Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the…
- Ezekiel 18:28Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Psalms 119:5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
- Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
- Haggai 2:15Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
- Jeremiah 3:2–3“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with…
- Luke 15:17–18Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death! I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned…
- Haggai 1:5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).