Proverbs 4:12

In 11 translations

BSB

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

KJV

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

WEB

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

ASV

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

LSV

In your walking your step is not restricted, || And if you run, you do not stumble.

YLT

In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

DBY

When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

DRC

Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock.

GNV

Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall.

JPS

When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

LXXE

For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּֽ֭לֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַ֣ר צַעֲדֶ֑ךָ וְאִם־תָּ֝ר֗וּץ לֹ֣א תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν γὰρ πορεύῃ, οὐ συγκλεισθήσεταί σου τὰ διαβήματα· ἐὰν δὲ τρέχῃς, οὐ κοπιάσεις.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 3:23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
• Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
• 2 Samuel 22:37You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
• 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
• John 11:9–10Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world. But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no…
• 1 John 2:10–11Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the…
• Psalms 91:11–12For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
• Psalms 119:165Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
• Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
• Proverbs 6:22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
• Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My…
• Job 18:7–8His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
• Romans 9:32–33Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who…

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