KJV King James Version
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
WEB World English Bible
When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
ASV American Standard Version
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked—it talketh with thee.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 6
19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨׀H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentתַּנְחֶ֬הH5148 · na.chahto leadאֹתָ֗ךְH853 · et[Obj.]בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downתִּשְׁמֹ֣רH8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyעָלֶ֑יךָH5921 · aluponוַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָH6974 · qutsto awakeהִ֣יאH1931 · huhe/she/itתְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃H7878 · si.achto muse
Cross-references
Psalm 119:11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.Proverbs 3:23-24Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.Psalm 119:24Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellers.Proverbs 2:11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:Psalm 119:97MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.Psalm 43:3O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.Psalm 119:9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.Psalm 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.Psalm 119:54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.Psalm 119:148Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.Daniel 11:18-21After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause [it] to turn upon him.
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