Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble. New Living Translation When you walk, you won’t be held back; when you run, you won’t stumble. English Standard Version When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. Berean Standard Bible When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble. King James Bible When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. New King James Version When you walk, your steps will not be hindered, And when you run, you will not stumble. New American Standard Bible When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; And if you run, you will not stumble. NASB 1995 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. NASB 1977 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. Legacy Standard Bible When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. Amplified Bible When you walk, your steps will not be impeded [for your path will be clear and open]; And when you run, you will not stumble. Christian Standard Bible When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; when you run, you will not stumble. Holman Christian Standard Bible When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; when you run, you will not stumble. American Standard Version When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when you walk, your walking will not quake, and if you run, you will not stumble. Brenton Septuagint Translation For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed. Contemporary English Version Your road won't be blocked, and you won't stumble when you run. Douay-Rheims Bible Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock. English Revised Version When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. GOD'S WORD® Translation When you walk, your stride will not be hampered. Even if you run, you will not stumble. Good News Translation Nothing will stand in your way if you walk wisely, and you will not stumble when you run. International Standard Version When you walk, your step will not be hindered, and when you run, you will not stumble. JPS Tanakh 1917 When thou goest, thy step shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Literal Standard Version In your walking your step is not restricted, | And if you run, you do not stumble. Majority Standard Bible When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble. New American Bible When you walk, your step will not be impeded, and should you run, you will not stumble. NET Bible When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble. New Revised Standard Version When you walk, your step will not be hampered; and if you run, you will not stumble. New Heart English Bible When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. Webster's Bible Translation When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. World English Bible When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble. Young's Literal Translation In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Father's Instruction…11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths. 12When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble. 13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.… Cross References 2 Samuel 22:37 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. Job 18:7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. Psalm 18:36 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. Psalm 91:11 For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. Psalm 119:45 And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts. Proverbs 3:23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. Treasury of Scripture When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not stumble. thou goest Proverbs 6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 2 Samuel 22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. Job 18:7,8 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down… thou shalt Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. Proverbs 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. Psalm 91:11,12 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways… she Proverbs 3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. 1 Peter 2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 1 John 2:10,11 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him… Jump to Previous Fall Goest Hampered Narrow Run Running Step Steps Straitened Stumble Walk Walking WayJump to Next Fall Goest Hampered Narrow Run Running Step Steps Straitened Stumble Walk Walking WayProverbs 4 1. persuades to wisdom14. and to show wickedness 20. He exhorts to sanctification Verse 12. - In this verse the father depicts the benefits and advantages which shall follow from "receiving his words" (ver. 10), i.e. from attending to his counsels and imbibing the principles of wisdom. The whole course of life shall be freed from obstacles or impediments, from anxiety, perplexity, or difficulty, or from vacillation. When thou goest may refer to the daily walk, to the common and ordinary events or circumstances incidental to life, just as the corresponding when thou runnest may refer to cases of emergency when promptness and decisive action are called for. In both cases Wisdom, by inspiring unity of principle, gives freedom of movement; in ordinary cases it removes embarrassment and perplexity arising from conflicting interests drawing now in one direction, now in another, and in extraordinary cases it supplies a rule of conduct which prevents our falling into mistakes and errors. Or the verse may refer to the prosperity which shall attend all the undertakings of those who are in Wisdom's ways, whether they advance slowly or rush forward with the impetuosity of youth, whether they act with deliberation or with haste. Shall not be straitened (lo-yetsar); i.e. shall not be narrowed or confined; Vulgate, non arctabuntur; LXX., οὑ συγκλεισθήσεται, The future yetsar only occurs four times in the Scriptures - here, and Job 18:7; Job 20:22; Isaiah 49:19. It is usually derived from the root yatsar, which, however, is not found, cognate with tsur, "to straiten," "to be narrow." Yetsar, however, always occurs in the passive sense, though an active signification is given it by the Rabbi Nathan ben Jechiel, quoted by Delitzsch, in loc., who renders, "Thou shall not need to bind together, or hedge up thy way." The roots yatsar and tsur partake more or less of the idea of binding up, oppressing, putting into narrow and confined circumstances and limits. By the expression that "the steps are straitened" we may understand, therefore, that there is a want of freedom for their movements, and consequently that they are impeded or cramped. The Arabic expression. "to contract the feet," signifies the diminishing of good fortune. Compare the similar expression in Job 18:7, "The steps of his strength shall be straitened." The psalmist presents the idea of the verse under a different form, "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet did not slip" (Psalm 17:36). Thou shalt not stumble; lo-thik-kashel, hiph. future. The niph. nikshal, equivalent to the kal kadshal, signifies properly "to totter," "to sink down," used of one about to fall. The primary idea, however, usually disregarded, of kashal, is "to totter in the ankles," equivalent to the Latin talipedare. It occurs again in Proverbs 4:16, and is a different verb from "stumble" in Proverbs 3:23 (which see). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When you walk,בְּֽ֭לֶכְתְּךָ (bə·leḵ·tə·ḵā) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk your steps צַעֲדֶ֑ךָ (ṣa·‘ă·ḏe·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6806: A pace, regular step will not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no be impeded; יֵצַ֣ר (yê·ṣar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3334: Be distressed, be narrow, be straitened in straits, be vexed when וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you run, תָּ֝ר֗וּץ (tā·rūṣ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7323: To run you will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no stumble. תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ (ṯik·kā·šêl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall Links Proverbs 4:12 NIVProverbs 4:12 NLT Proverbs 4:12 ESV Proverbs 4:12 NASB Proverbs 4:12 KJV Proverbs 4:12 BibleApps.com Proverbs 4:12 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 4:12 Chinese Bible Proverbs 4:12 French Bible Proverbs 4:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 4:12 When you go your steps will not (Prov. 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