Proverbs 2:20
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- 77 The conjunction לְמַעַן (léma’an, “so; as a result”) introduces the concluding result ( 775 מַעַן 2; מַעַן 2.c) of heeding the admonition to attain wisdom (2:1–11) and to avoid the evil men and women and their destructive ways (2:12–19).
- 78 The noun “good” (טוֹבִים, tovim) does not function as an attributive genitive (“the good way”) because it is a plural noun and the term “way” (דֶרֶךְ, derekh) is singular. Rather it functions as a genitive of possession identifying the people who walk on this path: “the way of the good people.”
- 79 In the light of the parallelism, the noun “righteous” (צַדִּיקִים, tsadiqim) functions as a genitive of possession rather than an attributive genitive.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
So you will walk in the way of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
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So follow the way of the good,
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
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So follow the steps of the good,
and stay on the paths of the righteous.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
So that you will walk on the road of those who are good,
and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.
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KJV 1900King James Version
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
And keep the paths of the righteous.
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