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When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up, they will advise you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and <i>when</i> thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And <i>when</i> you awake, they will speak with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you walk, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When you walk about, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep watch over you; And when you awake, they will speak to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When you walk about, they (the godly teachings of your parents) will guide you; When you sleep, they will keep watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you walk here and there, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you walk here and there, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their teaching will guide you when you walk, protect you when you sleep, and talk to you when you are awake. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When you walk around, they will lead you. When you lie down, they will watch over you. When you wake up, they will talk to you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />During your travels wisdom will lead you; she will watch over you while you rest; and when you are startled from your sleep, she will commune with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In your going up and down, it leads you, "" In your lying down, it watches over you, "" And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In thy going about it shall lead thee; in thy lying down it shall watch over thee; and awaking, it shall speak to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When you lie down they will watch over you, when you wake, they will share your concerns; wherever you turn, they will guide you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When you walk, let them follow you; let them be with you, keep them that they may keep you; and when you awake, meditate on them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And whenever you walk, make them cleave to you and they will be with you; keep them that they may keep you, and when you are awakened, they will be your meditation.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, When thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1041" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/6.htm">Warnings Against Adultery</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: bə·hiṯ·hal·leḵ·ḵā (Prep-b:: V-Hitpael-Inf:: 2ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">When you walk,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5148.htm" title="5148: tan·ḥeh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To lead, guide. A primitive root; to guide; by implication, to transport.">they will guide you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāḵ (DirObjM:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">when you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: bə·šā·ḵə·bə·ḵā (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">lie down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mōr (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">they will watch</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6974.htm" title="6974: wa·hă·qî·ṣō·w·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- Arise, be awake, watch. A primitive root (compare yaqats); to awake.">when you awake,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/7878.htm" title="7878: ṯə·śî·ḥe·ḵā (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs:: 2ms) -- To muse, complain, talk (of). A primitive root; to ponder, i.e. converse or utter.">will speak to you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-105.htm">Psalm 119:105</a></span><br />Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-9</a></span><br />These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts. / And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/1-8.htm">Joshua 1:8</a></span><br />This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1-3</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-11.htm">Psalm 119:11</a></span><br />I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-26.htm">John 14:26</a></span><br />But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-13.htm">John 16:13</a></span><br />However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-16.htm">2 Timothy 3:16-17</a></span><br />All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a></span><br />For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22-25</a></span><br />Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a></span><br />Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Romans 15:4</a></span><br />For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-97.htm">Psalm 119:97-99</a></span><br />Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. / Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. / I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-133.htm">Psalm 119:133</a></span><br />Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-21.htm">Isaiah 30:21</a></span><br />And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you wake, it shall talk with you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-11.htm">Proverbs 2:11</a></b></br> Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-23.htm">Proverbs 3:23,24</a></b></br> Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-4.htm">Psalm 17:4</a></b></br> Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept <i>me from</i> the paths of the destroyer.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/139-18.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/psalms/78-65.htm">Awaked</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Awakest</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-12.htm">Goest</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-7.htm">Guide</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-5.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/psalms/47-3.htm">Leadeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-10.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/psalms/44-23.htm">Sleepest</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-9.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-12.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-24.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/psalms/37-30.htm">Talketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-6.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/psalms/104-3.htm">Walkest</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-26.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">Watcheth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/8-9.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-26.htm">Awaked</a> <a href="/psalms/73-20.htm">Awakest</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-1.htm">Goest</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Guide</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-20.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-3.htm">Leadeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-15.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">Sleepest</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-5.htm">Sleeping</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-6.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-21.htm">Talk</a> <a href="/john/9-37.htm">Talketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-28.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Walkest</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-8.htm">Walking</a> <a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Watcheth</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm">against indebtedness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">idleness </a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm">and mischievousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm">seven things detestable to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm">the blessings of obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm">the mischief of unfaithfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When you walk, they will guide you;</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the active, daily journey of life. In biblical context, "walking" often symbolizes living according to God's commandments (<a href="/deuteronomy/5-33.htm">Deuteronomy 5:33</a>). The "they" refers to the teachings and commandments of wisdom, which are personified throughout Proverbs. The guidance offered is akin to the pillar of cloud and fire that led the Israelites through the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a>), symbolizing divine direction and protection. This guidance is not just for spiritual matters but encompasses all aspects of life, suggesting that God's wisdom is applicable in every situation.<p><b>when you lie down, they will watch over you;</b><br>The imagery of lying down conveys rest and vulnerability. In ancient Near Eastern culture, night was a time of potential danger, and the assurance of being watched over would have been comforting. This protection is reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/121-3.htm">Psalm 121:3-4</a>, where God is described as a vigilant guardian who neither slumbers nor sleeps. The wisdom of God acts as a safeguard, providing peace and security even in times of rest. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God as a shepherd who watches over His flock (<a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23:1-4</a>).<p><b>when you awake, they will speak to you.</b><br>Awakening signifies a new beginning, a fresh start each day. The idea that wisdom "speaks" suggests an ongoing, dynamic relationship with God's teachings. This aligns with the concept of God's mercies being new every morning (<a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a>). The speaking of wisdom can be seen as the Holy Spirit's role in guiding believers into all truth (<a href="/john/16-13.htm">John 16:13</a>). It also echoes the Shema in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>, where God's words are to be upon the heart and discussed throughout the day, indicating that divine wisdom is meant to be a constant companion and counselor.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>- Traditionally considered the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>- The nation to whom the wisdom literature, including Proverbs, was originally addressed, providing guidance for living a life pleasing to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_path_of_wisdom.htm">The Path of Wisdom</a></b><br>- A metaphorical journey representing the life of a believer who follows God's commandments and wisdom.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_ever-present_guidance_of_wisdom.htm">The Ever-Present Guidance of Wisdom</a></b><br>God's wisdom is not limited to specific times or places; it is a constant guide in every aspect of life, whether we are active, resting, or beginning a new day.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_protective_nature_of_god's_commandments.htm">The Protective Nature of God's Commandments</a></b><br>Just as wisdom watches over us, God's commandments provide protection and security, keeping us from harm and leading us in righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_voice_of_wisdom_in_our_lives.htm">The Voice of Wisdom in Our Lives</a></b><br>Wisdom speaks to us through God's Word, offering counsel and direction. We must be attentive and responsive to its guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrating_wisdom_into_daily_life.htm">Integrating Wisdom into Daily Life</a></b><br>To benefit from wisdom's guidance, we must actively incorporate it into our daily routines, allowing it to shape our decisions and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_discipline_in_following_wisdom.htm">The Role of Discipline in Following Wisdom</a></b><br>Discipline is essential in adhering to wisdom's path, requiring commitment and intentionality in seeking God's guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'spare_the_rod'_mean.htm">What does 'spare the rod, spoil the child' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_actual_grace.htm">How can a young man purify his path?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_a_godparent's_duties.htm">What responsibilities does a godparent have?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'subdue_the_earth'_mean.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer for teaching dyslexic children?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - The going, sleeping, and awaking occur in the same order in the Pentateuch, from which the ideas of this and the preceding verse are evidently derived (see <a href="/deuteronomy/6-7.htm">Deuteronomy 6:7</a> and Deuteronomy 11:19). Though only specifying three conditions, they refer to the whole conduct of life, and hence the verse promises direction, guardianship, and converse of wisdom, which will undoubtedly attend life where the precepts of parents are lovingly treasured and obediently observed. The Authorized Version conveys the impression that it is "the keeping" of the parents' precepts, etc., which is to bear such results; but it is better to understand "it" as signifying the whole teaching or doctrine of wisdom, as Delitzsch. Wisdom becomes personified in the representation, and identified with her teaching. <span class="cmt_word">It shall</span> <span class="cmt_word">lead thee.</span> The Hebrew verb <span class="accented">nakhah</span>, "to lead," in the sense of "to direct," like the Latin <span class="accented">dirigere</span> (Delitzsch), and as it is used in Exodus and Numbers, <span class="accented">passim.</span> In the Psalms (<a href="/psalms/5-9.htm">Psalm 5:9</a>; <a href="/psalms/27-11.htm">Psalm 27:11</a>; <a href="/psalms/31-4.htm">Psalm 31:4</a>, etc.) it is employed of God as governing men. Hence, in the affairs of life, Wisdom will so guide and control us that we shall act uprightly. There is the further notion imported into the word of preservation from evil (cf. <a href="/proverbs/3-23.htm">Proverbs 3:23</a>, "Thou shalt walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble"). <span class="cmt_word">When thou</span> <span class="cmt_word">sleepest;</span> or, <span class="accented">when thou liest down</span>, as in <a href="/proverbs/3-25.htm">Proverbs 3:25</a>, where the same verb occurs. <span class="cmt_word">It shall keep thee;</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> watch over, keep safe, or preserve; as in the Vulgate, <span class="accented">custodire</span>, and the LXX. <span class="greek">φυλαττεῖν</span>. We have had the same verb, <span class="accented">shamar</span>, before in <a href="/proverbs/2-11.htm">Proverbs 2:11</a>. Wisdom will be as it were a guardian angel in our hours of repose. <span class="cmt_word">When thou awakest</span>; Hebrew, <span class="accented">hakitsotha</span>, the hiph. perfect of <span class="accented">kutz.</span> This word only occurs here. The hiph. form, <span class="accented">hekitz</span>, is intransitive, "to be aroused" (cf. the LXX., <span class="greek">ἐγειρομένῳ</span>)<span class="accented">. <span class="cmt_word"></span>It shall talk with thee;</span> rather, <span class="accented">she.</span> Bertheau renders, "She will make thee thoughtful;" and Dathe, "Let them be thy meditation;" but the accusative suffix designates the person who is the object of the action of the verb, as in <a href="/psalms/5-5.htm">Psalm 5:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/42-4.htm">Psalm 42:4</a>; <a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Zechariah 7:5</a> (Zockler) and as Delitzseh remarks, the personification requires something more than a mere meditation with one's self on the precepts of Wisdom. Wisdom herself shall hold converse with thee (cf. the LXX., <span class="greek">συλλαλῇ σοι</span>), she shall suggest thoughts how thou art to behave thyself. The meaning of the verb, "to meditate," "to think deeply," however, need not be lost sight of. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/6-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When you walk,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(bə·hiṯ·hal·leḵ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will guide you;</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּנְחֶ֬ה</span> <span class="translit">(tan·ḥeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5148.htm">Strong's 5148: </a> </span><span class="str2">To guide, to transport</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֗ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lie down,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·šā·ḵə·bə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lie down</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will watch</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over you;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when you awake,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·qî·ṣō·w·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6974.htm">Strong's 6974: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arise, be awake, watch </span><br /><br /><span class="word">they</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֣יא</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will speak to you.</span><br /><span class="heb">תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·śî·ḥe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7878.htm">Strong's 7878: </a> </span><span class="str2">To muse, complain, talk (of)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/6-22.htm">Proverbs 6:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/6-22.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:22 When you walk it will lead you (Prov. 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