The Meaning of Proverbs 3:26 Explained

Proverbs 3:26

KJV: For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

YLT: For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.

Darby: for Jehovah shall be thy confidence, and he will keep thy foot from being taken.

ASV: For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 3:26?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 3:26 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 3:26 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Proverbs 3:26?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the LORD  shall be thy confidence,  and shall keep  thy foot  from being taken. 

What does Proverbs 3:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 3:13-26 - Wisdom's Ways Of Pleasantness
Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a mine that needs to be worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It is comparable to a noble woman, who approaches us with full-handed beneficence, Proverbs 3:16-17. It may be described as a tree, requiring careful tendance and bearing fruit for the patient cultivator, Proverbs 3:18. And we may turn from our own little lives to see the mighty results of divine wisdom in Creation and Providence. We are made in the image of God, our minds are able to appreciate His mind, and we think over again, as Kepler said, the thoughts of God, Proverbs 3:19-20.
Learn the security of the life which is built on the eternal principles of this book. It has no fear. Its repose is unbroken by alarm. It is at peace with itself, with man, and with God. This is not the result of our calculating prudence, but because we exercise ourselves to have consciences void of offense toward God and man; and because the God of patience, of hope, and of peace is with us. See Romans 15:5; Romans 15:13; Romans 15:33. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 3

1  various exhortations
13  The gain of wisdom
27  Exhortation to goodness
33  the different state of the wicked and upright

What do the individual words in Proverbs 3:26 mean?

For Yahweh will be your confidence and will keep your foot from [being] caught
כִּֽי־ יְ֭הוָה יִהְיֶ֣ה בְכִסְלֶ֑ךָ וְשָׁמַ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣ מִלָּֽכֶד

יְ֭הוָה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
יִהְיֶ֣ה  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְכִסְלֶ֑ךָ  your  confidence 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶל 
Sense: loins, flank.
וְשָׁמַ֖ר  and  will  keep 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
רַגְלְךָ֣  your  foot 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: רֶגֶל  
Sense: foot.
מִלָּֽכֶד  from  [being]  caught 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֶכֶד  
Sense: a taking, capture.

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