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21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 5:21. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 56
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

כִּ֤י נֹ֨כַח ׀ עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו מְפַלֵּֽס׃

9 word entries
כִּ֤י
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
נֹ֨כַח
Lemma
5227
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5227
Occurrences
20
עֵינֵ֣י
Lemma
5869 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender dual construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5869
Occurrences
350
יְ֭הוָה
Lemma
3068
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3068
Occurrences
5701
דַּרְכֵי
Lemma
1870
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1870
Occurrences
375
אִ֑ישׁ
Lemma
376
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H376
Occurrences
1458
וְֽכָל
Lemma
c/3605
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
749
מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו
Lemma
4570
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4570
Occurrences
7
מְפַלֵּֽס
Lemma
6424
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6424
Occurrences
6
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Ἐνώπιον γάρ εἰσι τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ ὀφθαλμῶν ὁδοὶ ἀνδρὸς, εἰς δὲ πάσας τὰς τροχιὰς αὐτοῦ σκοπεύει.

16 word entries
Ἐνώπιον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
enopion
Morphology
preposition/adverb
Gloss
before, in the presence of
Part of Speech
preposition/adverb
Definition
Before or in the presence of.
Occurrences
516
γάρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
εἰσι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
eisi
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they are
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
τῶν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
Θεοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
theou
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
3522
ὀφθαλμῶν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
ophthalmon
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive plural
Gloss
of eyes
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Eye; by extension sight or perception.
Occurrences
553
ὁδοὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
odoi
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ὁδοὶ
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
32
ἀνδρὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
andros
Morphology
noun, masculine genitive singular
Gloss
of a man, husband
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Man, male, husband.
Occurrences
1573
εἰς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
εἰς
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
preposition with accusative
Gloss
into, to, for
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
Occurrences
6787
δὲ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
πάσας
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
πᾶς
Transliteration
pas
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
all, every
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
All, every, whole.
Occurrences
6138
τὰς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
τροχιὰς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
trochias
Morphology
accusative plural feminine or genitive singular feminine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
σκοπεύει
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
skopeyei
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܡܛܠ ܕܩܕܡ ܥܝ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܐ̈ܢܝܢ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܘܟܠܗܘܢ ܫܒܝ̈ܠܘܗܝ ܓܠܝܢ ܩܕܡܘܗܝ

11 word entries
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܕܩܕܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dqdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
30
ܥܝ̈ܢܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ynwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
46
ܐ̈ܢܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'nyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
191
ܕܡܪܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dmry'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1345
ܐܘܪ̈ܚܬܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'wrhth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
55
ܕܓܒܪܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dgbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
109
ܘܟܠܗܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
wklhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
210
ܫܒܝ̈ܠܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
shbylwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܓܠܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
glyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
5
ܩܕܡܘܗܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
qdmwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
171
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

מְטוּל דְקָדָם עַיְנוֹי דֶאֱלָהָא אִנוּן אָרְחָתֵיהּ דְגַבְרָא וְכוּלְהוֹן שְׁבִילוֹי גְלָן קֳדָמוֹי׃

11 word entries
מְטוּל
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טול
Transliteration
mtwl
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
322
דְקָדָם
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
קדם
Transliteration
dqdm
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + prepositional or nominal form
Gloss
of/that before, in front of, east
Occurrences
2023
עַיְנוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'ynwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
39
דֶאֱלָהָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אלה
Transliteration
d'lh'
Morphology
prefixed relative/genitive ד + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
of/that God
Occurrences
779
אִנוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'nwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
136
אָרְחָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rchtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
22
דְגַבְרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dgbr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
524
וְכוּלְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wkwlhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
32
שְׁבִילוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shbylwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
גְלָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
גלן
Transliteration
gln
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
30
קֳדָמוֹי׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qdmwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
107
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Respicit Dominus vias hominis, et omnes gressus ejus considerat.

9 word entries
respicit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
respicit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
203
Dominus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dominus
Transliteration
Dominus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
8181
vias
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uia
Transliteration
vias
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
853
hominis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
homo
Transliteration
hominis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1653
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
omnes
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omnes
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
gressus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
gressus
Transliteration
gressus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
37
illius
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ille
Transliteration
illius
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
4947
considerat
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
considerat
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
111

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Hebrews 4:13

And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

13 relevance votes

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

12 relevance votes

Jeremiah 32:19

Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

9 relevance votes

Job 34:21

For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

9 relevance votes

Hosea 7:2

And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 11:4

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

7 relevance votes

Jeremiah 23:24

In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

7 relevance votes

Jeremiah 16:17

For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 119:168

I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you. TAU

6 relevance votes

Job 31:4

Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

6 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

5 relevance votes

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

5 relevance votes
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