Proverbs 20:24

Proverbs 20:24 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

24A person’s steps are directed by the Lord.

How then can anyone understand their own way?

24A man’s steps are ordained by the Lord;

How then can a person understand his way?

24Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the Lord.

How then can a man [fully] understand his way?

24A man’s steps are from the Lord,

so how can anyone understand his own way?

24A man’s goings are of Jehovah;

How then can man understand his way?

24The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

24A man’s steps are from Yahweh;

how then can man understand his way?

24The Lord directs a person’s steps.

So how can anyone understand their own way?

24The Lord chooses the way that we take through life.

We cannot understand what will happen to us.

24The steps of a man [are] from YHWH, || And man—how does he understand his way?