Proverbs 4:11

Literal Standard Version

I have directed you in a way of wisdom, || I have caused you to tread in paths of uprightness.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am teaching you the way of wisdom;I am guiding you on straight paths.

Hebrew Names Version
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in paths of uprightness.

King James Version
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

English Standard Version
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

New Century Version
I am guiding you in the way of wisdom, and I am leading you on the right path.

New English Translation
I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

Amplified Bible
I have instructed you in the way of [skillful and godly] wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.

New American Standard Bible
I have instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.

World English Bible
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in paths of uprightness.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse.

Legacy Standard Bible
I have instructed you in the way of wisdom;I have led you in upright tracks.

Berean Standard Bible
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.

Contemporary English Version
I have shown you the way that makes sense; I have guided you along the right path.

Complete Jewish Bible
I'm directing you on the way of wisdom, guiding you in paths of uprightness;

Darby Translation
I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.

Easy-to-Read Version
I am teaching you about wisdom and guiding you on the right path.

George Lamsa Translation
I have taught you the ways of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.

Good News Translation
I have taught you wisdom and the right way to live.

Lexham English Bible
In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in the path of uprightness.

Literal Translation
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in the right tracks;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I wil shewe the ye waye of wy?dome, and lede the in the right pathes.

American Standard Version
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

Bible in Basic English
I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

King James Version (1611)
I haue taught thee in the way of wisedome: I haue lead thee in right pathes.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.

English Revised Version
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal schewe to thee the weie of wisdom; and Y schal lede thee bi the pathis of equyte.

Update Bible Version
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in paths of uprightness.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

New King James Version
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.

New Living Translation
I will teach you wisdom's ways and lead you in straight paths.

New Life Bible
I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you on the right paths.

New Revised Standard
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity:

Revised Standard Version
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

Young's Literal Translation
In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.

Contextual Overview

¹Hear, you sons, the instruction of a father, || And give attention to know understanding. ²For I have given to you good learning, do not forsake my law. ³For I have been a son to my father—tender, || And an only one before my mother. ⁴And he directs me, and he says to me: "Let your heart retain my words, || Keep my commands, and live. ⁵Get wisdom, get understanding, || Do not forget, nor turn away || From the sayings of my mouth. ⁶Do not forsake her, and she preserves you, || Love her, and she keeps you. ⁷The first thing [is] wisdom—get wisdom, || And with all your getting get understanding. ⁸Exalt her and she lifts you up, || She honors you when you embrace her. ⁹She gives a wreath of grace to your head, || She gives you a crown of beauty freely." ¹⁰Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, || And years of life [are] multiplied to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

taught: Proverbs 4:4, Deuteronomy 4:5, 1 Samuel 12:24, Ecclesiastes 12:9

led: Proverbs 8:6, Proverbs 8:9, Proverbs 8:20, Psalms 23:3, Psalms 25:4, Psalms 25:5, Acts 13:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:27 - the Lord Genesis 24:48 - led me 1 Samuel 12:23 - I will teach Psalms 119:35 - the path Proverbs 9:6 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And YHWH God says to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed [are] you above all the livestock, and above every beast of the field: on your belly you go, and dust you eat, [for] all days of your life;

Genesis 4:14
behold, You have driven me today from off the face of the ground, and from Your face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it has been—everyone finding me will slay me."

Genesis 4:15
And YHWH says to him, "Therefore, of any slayer of Cain it is required sevenfold"; and YHWH sets to Cain a token that none finding him will slay him.

Genesis 4:16
And Cain goes out from before YHWH, and dwells in the land, moving about east of Eden;

Genesis 4:19
And Lamech takes to himself two wives, the name of the first Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

Genesis 4:20
And Adah bears Jabal, he has been father of those inhabiting tents and [having] purchased livestock;

Genesis 4:21
and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he has been father of everyone handling harp and pipe.

Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he calls his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the Name of YHWH.

Job 16:18
O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

Isaiah 26:21
For behold, YHWH is coming out of His place, || To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth on him, || And the earth has revealed her blood, || Nor does she cover her slain anymore!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom,.... In the way that leads to it, or is concerning it; in the Gospel, which is the wisdom of God in a mystery, the manifold wisdom of God, and which directs to Christ and the knowledge of him, who is true wisdom; this is another reason or argument why the wise man's instructions should be attended to;

I have led thee in right paths; in paths of righteousness, holiness, and truth; in such as are agreeable to the will and word of God, and which lead right on to the city of habitation; and therefore such teachings and leadings should be followed, and such ways walked in.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0.

Proverbs 4:7

Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.

Proverbs 4:12

The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling.

Proverbs 4:13

She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4.

Proverbs 4:16

A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.

Proverbs 4:17

i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amos 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, “They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine.” Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.

Proverbs 4:18

Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’s life. Compare the marginal reference.

Proverbs 4:19

Compare our Lord’s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.

Proverbs 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.