Proverbs 6:22

In 11 translations

BSB

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

KJV

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

WEB

When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

ASV

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

LSV

In your going up and down, it leads you, || In your lying down, it watches over you, || And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.

YLT

In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked — it talketh [with] thee.

DBY

when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

DRC

When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.

GNV

It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.

JPS

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

LXXE

Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; and when thou sleepest let it keep thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest.

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WLC

בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨ ׀ תַּנְחֶ֬ה אֹתָ֗ךְ בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר עָלֶ֑יךָ וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ הִ֣יא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

LXX-Br

Ἡνίκα ἂν περιπατῇς, ἐπάγου αὐτὴν καὶ μετὰ σοῦ ἔστω, ὡς δʼ ἂν καθεύδῃς φυλασσέτω σε, ἵνα ἐγειρομένῳ συλλαλῇ σοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
• Proverbs 3:23–24Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
• Proverbs 2:11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
• Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
• Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
• Psalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
• Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
• Psalms 119:54Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
• Psalms 119:148My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
• Psalms 119:9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
• Daniel 11:18–21Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him. After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own…

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