Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. New Living Translation Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed. English Standard Version Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. Berean Standard Bible Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved. King James Bible Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. New King James Version Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established. New American Standard Bible Commit your works to the LORD, And your plans will be established. NASB 1995 Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established. NASB 1977 Commit your works to the LORD, And your plans will be established. Legacy Standard Bible Commit your works to Yahweh And your plans will be established. Amplified Bible Commit your works to the LORD [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. Christian Standard Bible Commit your activities to the LORD, and your plans will be established. Holman Christian Standard Bible Commit your activities to the LORD, and your plans will be achieved. American Standard Version Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Show your works to LORD JEHOVAH and he will establish your thoughts. Contemporary English Version Share your plans with the LORD, and you will succeed. Douay-Rheims Bible Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed. English Revised Version Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. GOD'S WORD® Translation Entrust your efforts to the LORD, and your plans will succeed. Good News Translation Ask the LORD to bless your plans, and you will be successful in carrying them out. International Standard Version Entrust your work to the LORD, and your planning will succeed. JPS Tanakh 1917 Commit thy works unto the LORD, And thy thoughts shall be established. Literal Standard Version Roll your works to YHWH, | And your purposes are established, Majority Standard Bible Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved. New American Bible Entrust your works to the LORD, and your plans will succeed. NET Bible Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established. New Revised Standard Version Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established. New Heart English Bible Entrust your works to the LORD, and your plans will be established. Webster's Bible Translation Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. World English Bible Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. Young's Literal Translation Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD…2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD. 3Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved. 4The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.… Cross References 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Psalm 37:5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it. Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken. Proverbs 3:6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Treasury of Scripture Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established. commit Job 5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Psalm 37:4,5 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart… Psalm 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. thy thoughts Job 22:28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. Isaiah 7:5-7 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, … Jump to Previous Commit Deeds Established Hands Plans Purposes Roll Succeed Thoughts Whatever Work WorksJump to Next Commit Deeds Established Hands Plans Purposes Roll Succeed Thoughts Whatever Work WorksProverbs 16 1. The Plans of the heart(3) Commit thy works unto the Lord.--Literally, roll them upon Him, as a burden too heavy to be borne by thyself. "Thy works" signify all that thou hast to do. (Comp. Psalm 37:5.) God provides such works for us. (Comp. Ephesians 2:10.) And thy thoughts shall be established.--Thy plans shall prosper, for they will be undertaken according to the will of God, and carried out by His aid. (Comp. 1Corinthians 3:9; 2Corinthians 6:1.) Verse 3. - Commit thy works unto the Lord. "Commit" (gol) is literally "roll" (κύλισον, Theodotion), as in Psalm 22:8 and Psalm 37:5; and the injunction means, "Transfer thy burden to the Lord, cast upon him all that thou hast to do; do all as in his sight, and as an act of duty to him." Thus Tobit says to his son, "Bless the Lord thy God alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper" (Tobit 4:19). The Vulgate, using a different punctuation (gal), renders, "Reveal to the Lord thy works?' As a child opens its heart to a tender parent, so do thou show to God thy desires and intentions, trusting to his care and providence. And thy thoughts shall be established. The plans and deliberations out of which the "works" sprang shall meet with a happy fulfilment, because they are undertaken according to the will of God, and directed to the end by his guidance (comp. Proverbs 19:21; Psalm 90:17; 1 Corinthians 3:9). This verse is not in the Septuagint.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Commitגֹּ֣ל (gōl) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1556: To roll, roll away your works מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ (ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the LORD, יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and your plans מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan will be achieved. וְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּ (wə·yik·kō·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3559: To be erect Links Proverbs 16:3 NIVProverbs 16:3 NLT Proverbs 16:3 ESV Proverbs 16:3 NASB Proverbs 16:3 KJV Proverbs 16:3 BibleApps.com Proverbs 16:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 16:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 16:3 French Bible Proverbs 16:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 16:3 Commit your deeds to Yahweh and your (Prov. 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