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Proverbs 2:20–21

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2:20So77 you will walk in the way of good people,78

and will keep on the paths of the righteous.79

2:21For the upright will reside in the land,

and those with integrity80 will remain in it,

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Footnotes

  1. 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).
  2. 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.”
  3. 79 In the light of the parallelism, the noun “righteous” (צַדִּיקִים, tsadiqim) functions as a genitive of possession rather than an attributive genitive.
  4. 80 Heb “the blameless” (so , ); “the honest”; “the innocent.” The term תְּמִימִים (témimim, “the blameless”) describes those who live with integrity. They are blameless in that they live above reproach according to the requirements of the law.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So you will walk in the way of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Thus you will walk in the ways of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will live in the land,

and the blameless will remain in it;

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So follow the way of the good,

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those of integrity will remain in it;

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

So follow the steps of the good,

and stay on the paths of the righteous.

For only the godly will live in the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

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.

For those who are upright will dwell in the land,

and those who are blameless will remain in it.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,

And keep the paths of the righteous.

For the upright shall dwell in the land,

And the perfect shall remain in it.

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