PROVERBS 2:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.”

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Proverbs 2:8 Translation & Meaning

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He keepeth לִ֭נְצֹר To guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.) keepeth
the paths אָרְח֣וֹת A well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan paths
of judgment, מִשְׁפָּ֑ט Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style judgment
and preserveth יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc preserveth
the way וְדֶ֖רֶךְ A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb way
of his saints. חֲסִידָ֣ו Properly, kind, i.e., (religiously) pious (a saint) saints

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  • 6  For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  • 7  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

  • 8  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

  • 9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

  • 10  When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;




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