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the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 16:3

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Care;   Faith;   The Topic Concordance - Commitment;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Care, Overmuch;   Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Commit;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for May 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Commit your activities to the Lord,and your plans will be established.
Hebrew Names Version
Commit your deeds to the LORD, And your plans shall succeed.
King James Version
Commit thy works unto the Lord , and thy thoughts shall be established.
English Standard Version
Commit your work to the Lord , and your plans will be established.
New American Standard Bible
Commit your works to the LORD, And your plans will be established.
New Century Version
Depend on the Lord in whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.
Amplified Bible
Commit your works to the LORD [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].
World English Bible
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde, and thy thoughts shalbe directed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Commit your works to YahwehAnd your plans will be established.
Berean Standard Bible
Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be achieved.
Contemporary English Version
Share your plans with the Lord , and you will succeed.
Complete Jewish Bible
If you entrust all you do to Adonai , your plans will achieve success.
Darby Translation
Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Easy-to-Read Version
Turn to the Lord for help in everything you do, and you will be successful.
George Lamsa Translation
Commit your works to the LORD, and he will establish your thoughts.
Good News Translation
Ask the Lord to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out.
Lexham English Bible
Commit your work to Yahweh, and your plans will be established.
Literal Translation
Roll your works on Jehovah, and your thoughts shall be established.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere.
American Standard Version
Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
Bible in Basic English
Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
King James Version (1611)
Commit thy workes vnto the Lord, and thy thoughts shalbe established.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.
English Revised Version
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Schewe thi werkys to the Lord; and thi thouytis schulen be dressid.
Update Bible Version
Commit your works to Yahweh, And your purposes shall be established.
Webster's Bible Translation
Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
New English Translation
Commit your works to the Lord , and your plans will be established.
New King James Version
Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established.
New Living Translation
Commit your actions to the Lord , and your plans will succeed.
New Life Bible
Trust your work to the Lord, and your plans will work out well.
New Revised Standard
Commit your work to the Lord , and your plans will be established.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Roll, upon Yahweh, thy doings, that thy plans, may be established.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.
Revised Standard Version
Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.
THE MESSAGE
Put God in charge of your work, then what you've planned will take place.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established.

Contextual Overview

3 Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Commit: Heb. Roll

thy works: Job 5:8, Psalms 37:4, Psalms 37:5, Psalms 55:22, Matthew 6:25-34, Luke 12:22, Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7

thy thoughts: Job 22:28, Isaiah 7:5-7

Reciprocal: Psalms 22:8 - He trusted Psalms 90:17 - establish Proverbs 3:6 - In Ecclesiastes 9:1 - that the Luke 17:10 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;
Genesis 16:4
and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.
Genesis 16:5
And Sarai saith unto Abram, `My violence [is] for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.'
Genesis 25:6
and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country.
Genesis 28:9
and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife.
Genesis 30:4
and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;
Genesis 30:9
And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;
Genesis 32:22
And he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;
Genesis 35:22
and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.
2 Samuel 5:13
And David taketh again concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and there are born again to David sons and daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Commit thy works unto the Lord,.... Natural, civil, or religious; seek to him for strength and assistance in all, and leave the success of all with him: or "roll thy works on" or "unto the Lord" b; devolve all upon him, cast all care upon him and his providence for supply, support, and sustenance in life; and commit the business of the salvation of thy soul, and the important affairs of it, wholly to him, who is able, willing, and faithful, to keep what is committed to him; and, having so done, may sit down easy and satisfied, as one that is rid of a burden by casting it on another, better able to bear it, or more equal to the work committed to him: the Targum is, "reveal thy works to God"; and so the Syriac and Vulgate Latin versions, "reveal thy works to the Lord"; thy case, condition, and circumstances; thy wants and necessities; seek and ask for a supply of him, make known thy requests to him; for though he is not ignorant of the affairs of his people, yet he will be sought unto to do the things for them he intends to do, and they stand in need of;

and thy thoughts shall be established; when a man has, by faith and in prayer, committed himself, his case, his ways and works, to the Lord, his mind is made easy, his thoughts are composed and settled, and he quietly waits the issues of things; he says, the will of the Lord be done; he knows that he causes all things to work together for good; and whatever is for his good and God's glory shall be brought to pass; and this makes him calm, sedate, and easy; and he is in a fair way of having his designs, desires, and endeavours accomplished; see Psalms 37:5.

b גל אל יהוה מעשיך "devolve in Jehovam facta tua", Junius Tremellius "negotia tua", Piscator; "volve in Dominum quae tibi facieuda sunt", Michaelis; "volve ad Jehovam opera tua", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius; so Mercerus, Gejerus, Schultens, Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Commit - literally, as in the margin, as a man transfers a burden from his own back to one stronger and better able to bear it. Compare the margin reference.

Thy thoughts - i. e., The plans or counsels out of which the works spring.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 16:3. Commit thy works unto the Lord — See that what thou doest is commanded; and then begin, continue, and end all in his name. And thy thoughts shall be established - these schemes or arrangements, though formed in the heart, are agreeable to the Divine will, and therefore shall be established. His thoughts - his meditations - are right; and he begins and ends his work in the Lord; and therefore all issues well.


 
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