Logos Bible Study

Proverbs 6:23

The NET BibleOther versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

6:23For the commandments46 are like47 a lamp,48

instruction is like a light,

and rebukes of discipline are like49 the road leading to life,50

Read in Logos
Proverbs 6:23: For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Footnotes

  1. 46 Heb “the commandment” (so , , ).
  2. 47 The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
  3. 48 The terms “lamp,” “light,” and “way” are all metaphors. The positive teachings and commandments will illumine or reveal to the disciple the way to life; the disciplinary correctives will provide guidance into fullness of life.
  4. 49 The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
  5. 50 Heb “the way of life” (so , , ); , “the way to life.” The noun “life” is a genitive following the construct “way.” It could be an attributive genitive modifying the kind of way/course of life that instruction provides, but it could also be objective in that the course of life followed would produce and lead to life.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,

and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For this command is a lamp,

this teaching is a light,

and correction and instruction

are the way to life,

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,

and corrective discipline is the way to life.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For their command is a lamp

and their instruction a light;

their corrective discipline

is the way to life.

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

For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,

and the way of life is the reproof of discipline,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;

And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Public Domain