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Proverbs 16:3

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16:3Commit11 your works12 to the Lord,

and your plans will be established.13

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Proverbs 16:3: Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

Footnotes

  1. 11 The reads גֹּל (gol, “commit”) from the root גָּלַל (galal, “to roll”). The and have “reveal” as if the root were גָּלָה (galah, “to reveal”). Heb “roll.” The verb גֹּל (“to commit”) is from the root גָּלַל (“to roll”). The figure of rolling (an implied comparison or hypocatastasis), as in rolling one’s burdens on the Lord, is found also in Pss 22:8 [9]; 37:5; and 55:22. It portrays complete dependence on the Lord. This would be accomplished with a spirit of humility and by means of diligent prayer, but the plan must also have God’s approval.
  2. 12 The suffix on the plural noun would be a subjective genitive: “the works you are doing,” or here, “the works that you want to do.”
  3. 13 The syntax of the second clause shows that there is subordination: The vav on וְיִכֹּנוּ (véyikonu) coming after the imperative of the first clause expresses that this clause is the purpose or result. People should commit their works in order that the Lord may establish them. J. H. Greenstone says, “True faith relieves much anxiety and smoothens many perplexities” (Proverbs, 172).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Commit your work to the Lord,

and your plans will be established.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Commit to the Lord whatever you do,

and he will establish your plans.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Commit your activities to the Lord,

and your plans will be established.

NLTNew Living Translation

Commit your actions to the Lord,

and your plans will succeed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Commit your work to Yahweh,

and your plans will be established.

KJV 1900King James Version

Commit thy works unto the Lord,

And thy thoughts shall be established.