Verse List for PROV 6:23

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B I ◄ ← Prov 6:23 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) because rules are like a lamp and teaching like a light. ⇔ Rebuke and discipline are the pathway to life

OET-LV If/because is_a _lamp the_command and_the_instruction is_a _light and_are_a _way _of life rebukes _of discipline.

ULT For commandment, is a lamp and law, is a light, ⇔ and the rebukes of instruction, are the way of life,

UST This is so because what I have commanded you is like a lamp that shows you your way. ⇔  Indeed, the rules we taught you are like a light to guide you. ⇔  When we rebuke you while instructing you, we do that so that you can do what will give you a good life.

BSB & MSB For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching [is] a light, ⇔  and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE For the commandment is a lamp, ⇔  and the law is light. ⇔  Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

WMBB For the commandment is a lamp, ⇔  and the Torah is light. ⇔  Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

NET For the commandments are like a lamp, ⇔ instruction is like a light, ⇔ and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

LSV For the command [is] a lamp,
And the Law a light,
And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,

FBV For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.

T4T These commands and what we teach you will be like a lamp to light your path [MET]. ⇔ When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, ⇔  we will be showing you the road to having a good life.

LEB • For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,
• and the way of life[fn] is the reproof of discipline,

BBE For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

Moff for their bidding will throw light upon your life, ⇔  their directions will enlighten you, ⇔  and to be trained thus is the way to live.

JPS For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

ASV For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; ⇔ And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

DRA Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

YLT For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,

Drby For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

RV For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

SLT For the command is a lamp, and the law a light; and the way of life the reproof of instruction:

Wbstr For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

KJB-1769 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]For the Commandement is a lampe, and the Lawe is light: and reproofes of instruction are the way of life:
(For the Commandment is a lampe, and the Law is light: and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:)

Bshps For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life:
(For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea chastening/rebuking and nurture is the way of life:)

Gnva For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,
(For the commandment is a lantern, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,)

Cvdl (For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yee chastenynge & nurtoure is ye waye of life)
((For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: ye/you_all chastening/rebuking and nurtoure is ye/you_all way of life))

Wycl For the comaundement of God is a lanterne, and the lawe is liyt, and the blamyng of techyng is the weie of lijf;
(For the commandment of God is a lantern, and the law is light, and the blaming of teaching is the way of life;)

Luth Denn das Gebot ist eine Leuchte und das Gesetz ein Licht; und die Strafe der Zucht ist ein Weg des Lebens,
(Because the commandment/command is a/one lamp/lantern and the law a light(n); and the penalty the/of_the culture/discipline is a way/path/road the life,)

ClVg Quia mandatum lucerna est, et lex lux, et via vitæ increpatio disciplinæ:
(Because command(n) lamp it_is, and the_law light, and way/road of_life reprimandsio discipline:)

UHB כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְ⁠ת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְ⁠דֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὅτι λύχνος ἐντολὴ νόμου καὶ φῶς, ὁδὸς ζωῆς, καὶ ἔλεγχος καὶ παιδεία,

BrTr For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction: