Proverbs 3:6

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

American King James Version (AKJV)

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

American Standard Version (ASV)

In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Webster's Revision

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

World English Bible

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

English Revised Version (ERV)

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Clarke's Proverbs 3:6 Bible Commentary

In all thy ways acknowledge him - Begin, continue, and end every work, purpose, and device, with God. Earnestly pray for his direction at the commencement; look for his continual support in the progress; and so begin and continue that all may terminate in his glory: and then it will certainly be to thy good; for we never honor God, without serving ourselves. This passage is well rendered in my old MS. Bible: Have trost in the Lord of all thin herte and ne lene thou to thi prudence: in all thi weys think hym, and he shal right rulen thi goyuges; ne be thou wiis anentis thiself. Self-suf ficiency and self-dependence have been the ruin of mankind ever since the fall of Adam. The grand sin of the human race is their continual endeavor to live independently of God, i.e., to be without God in the world. True religion consists in considering God the fountain of all good, and expecting all good from him.

Barnes's Proverbs 3:6 Bible Commentary

Not in acts of solemn worship or great crises only, but "in all thy ways;" and then God will make the "path" straight and even.