Proverbs 3:26

26 for the LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.

Proverbs 3:26 in Other Translations

26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.

26 for the LORD is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.

26 Because God will be right there with you; he'll keep you safe and sound.

26 For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.

26 The LORD will be your confidence. He will keep your foot from getting caught.

26 for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from a snare.

26 The LORD is the one you will trust in. He will keep your feet from being caught in a trap.

Proverbs 3:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 3:26

For the Lord shall be thy confidence
The object of it, in whom thou shall put thy confidence, and be safe and secure from all fear and danger: or "the Lord shall be in thy confidence" ^F7; shall support thee in it, and maintain that, so that thou shalt not cast it away; the word used has sometimes the notion off oily in it, and Jarchi, from the Jerusalem Talmud, produces a sense agreeable to it;

``the Lord shall be in things in which thou art foolish;''

which, how absurd it may seem to be, will admit of a good interpretation; that the Lord will be with Wisdom's followers in things which may seem foolishness to the world; as Christ, the things of Christ, and the things of the Spirit of Christ, the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are. The Targum is,

``the Lord shall be thine help,''

in all times of distress, difficulty, and danger; and shall keep thy foot from being taken;
in the snares of sin, temptation, and mischief; in those which Satan and the world lay for God's people; from these the Lord preserves them; wherefore happy are those that have an interest in Christ, who find and enjoy him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 So Montanus, Vatablus, Michaelis.

Proverbs 3:26 In-Context

24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

26 for the LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

28 Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 18:5; S Job 4:6
• 2. S 1 Samuel 2:9
• 3. S Job 5:19