Proverbs 20:24
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
American King James Version (AKJV)
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
American Standard Version (ASV)
A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?
Basic English Translation (BBE)
A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?
Webster's Revision
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
World English Bible
A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
English Revised Version (ERV)
A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
Clarke's Proverbs 20:24 Bible Commentary
Man's goings are of the Lord - He, by his providence, governs all the great concerns of the world. Man often traverses these operations; but he does it to his own damage. An old writer quaintly says: "They who will carve for themselves shall cut their fingers."
Barnes's Proverbs 20:24 Bible Commentary
The order of a man's life is a mystery even to himself. He knows not where he is going, or for what God is educating him.
Wesley's Proverbs 20:24 Bible Commentary
20:24 His way - What the issue of his designs will be.