Proverbs 4:12
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- 25 The noun צַעֲדֶךָ (tsa’adekha, “your steps”) and the temporal infinitive בְּלֶכְתְּךָ (belekhtékha, “when you walk”) use the idiom of walking to represent the course of life. On that course there will be no obstacles; the “path” will be straight—morally and practically.
- 26 The verb צָרַר (tsarar, “to be narrow; to be constricted”) refers to that which is narrow or constricted, signifying distress, trouble, adversity; that which was wide-open or broad represents freedom and deliverance.
- 27 The progression from walking to running is an idiom called “anabasis,” suggesting that as greater and swifter progress is made, there will be nothing to impede the progress (e.g., Isa 40:31).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
and if you run, you will not stumble.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
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When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;
when you run, you will not stumble.
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NLTNew Living Translation
When you walk, you won’t be held back;
when you run, you won’t stumble.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
and if you run, you will not stumble.
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KJV 1900King James Version
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
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