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Proverbs 4:18

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn,—going on and brightening, unto meridian day.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards, and increaseth even to perfect day.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— But the path of the iust [is] as the shining light that shineth more and more vnto the perfect day.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But the path of the righteous is like the shining light that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
But the path 734
{0734} Prime
אֹרַח
'orach
{o'-rakh}
From H0732; a well trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan.
of the just 6662
{6662} Prime
צַדִּיק
tsaddiyq
{tsad-deek'}
From H6663; just.
[is] as the shining 5051
{5051} Prime
נֹגַהּ
nogahh
{no'-gah}
From H5050; brilliancy (literally or figuratively).
light, 216
{0216} Prime
אוֹר
'owr
{ore}
From H0215; illumination or (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.).
that shineth 215
{0215} Prime
אוֹר
'owr
{ore}
A primitive root; to be (causatively make) luminous (literally and metaphorically).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
more y1980
[1980] Standard
הָלַךְ
halak
{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
and more x1980
(1980) Complement
הָלַךְ
halak
{haw-lak'}
Akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively).
unto x5704
(5704) Complement
עַד
`ad
{ad}
Properly the same as H5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjugation; especially with a preposition); as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with).
the perfect 3559
{3559} Prime
כּוּן
kuwn
{koon}
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
z8737
<8737> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 793
day. 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 4:18-19

_ _ As shining light increases from twilight to noonday splendor, so the course of the just increases in purity, but that of the wicked is as thickest darkness, in which one knows not on what he stumbles.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 4:14-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 4:18

But — Just men daily grow in knowledge, and grace, and consolation, 'till all be perfected and swallowed up in glory.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that (h) shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

(h) Signifying that the godly increase daily in knowledge and perfection, till they come to full persecution, which is when the are joined to their head in the heavens.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

2 Samuel 23:4 And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Job 11:17 And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Psalms 84:7 They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.
Hosea 6:3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
Zechariah 14:6-7 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the light shall not be clear, [nor] dark: ... But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, [that] at evening time it shall be light.
Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

2S 23:4. Jb 11:17; 23:10. Ps 84:7. Ho 6:3. Zc 14:6. Mt 5:14, 16, 45. Jn 8:12. 2Co 3:18. Php 2:15. 2P 1:19; 3:18. Rv 21:23; 22:5.

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