Lexicon :: Strong's H5410 - nāṯîḇ

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael,

the main roads were deserted

because travelers kept to the side roads.

A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,

and a snare waits for him along the path.

He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;

he has veiled my paths with darkness.

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.

They do not recognize its ways

or stay on its paths.

No bird of prey knows that path;

no falcon’s eye has seen it.

They tear up my path;

they contribute to my destruction,

without anyone to help them.

so you can lead it back to its border?

Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

He leaves a shining wake behind him;[fn]

one would think the deep had gray hair!

He cleared a path for his anger.

He did not spare them from death

but delivered their lives to the plague.

Help me stay on the path of your commands,

for I take pleasure in it.

Your word is a lamp for my feet

and a light on my path.

Although my spirit is weak within me,

you know my way.

Along this path I travel

they have hidden a trap for me.

my son, don’t travel that road with them

or set foot on their path,

Her ways are pleasant,

and all her paths, peaceful.

Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways;

don’t stray onto her paths.

At the heights overlooking the road,

at the crossroads, she takes her stand.

“I walk in the ways of righteousness,

along the paths of justice,

There is life in the path of righteousness,

and in its path there is no death.[fn]

“I will lead the blind by a way they did not know;

I will guide them on paths they have not known.

I will turn darkness to light in front of them

and rough places into level ground.

This is what I will do for them,

and I will not abandon them.

This is what the LORD says —

who makes a way in the sea,

and a path through raging water,

“Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;

you will restore the foundations laid long ago;

you will be called the repairer of broken walls,

the restorer of streets where people live.

They have not known the path of peace,

and there is no justice in their ways.

They have made their roads crooked;

no one who walks on them will know peace.

This is what the LORD says:

Stand by the roadways and look.

Ask about the ancient paths,

“Which is the way to what is good? ”

Then take it

and find rest for yourselves.

But they protested, “We won’t! ”

Yet my people have forgotten me.

They burn incense to worthless idols

that make them stumble in their ways

on the ancient roads,

and make them walk on new paths, not the highway.

He has walled in my ways with blocks of stone;

he has made my paths crooked.

Therefore, this is what I will do:

I will block her[fn] way with thorns;

I will enclose her with a wall,

so that she cannot find her paths.