Proverbs 4:1
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English Standard Version
Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

New American Standard Bible
Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding,

King James Bible
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

International Standard Version
Listen, children, to your father's instruction, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.

NET Bible
Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Hear, children, the instruction of a father, and listen to knowledge and understanding.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Sons, listen to [your] father's discipline, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.

King James 2000 Bible
Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

American King James Version
Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

American Standard Version
Hear, my'sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.

Darby Bible Translation
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;

English Revised Version
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:

Webster's Bible Translation
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

World English Bible
Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;

Young's Literal Translation
Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
Lexicon
Hear
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
ye children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
the instruction
muwcar  (moo-sawr')
chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint -- bond, chastening (-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.
of a father
'ab  (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
and attend
qashab  (kaw-shab')
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken -- attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
to know
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
understanding
biynah  (bee-naw')
understanding -- knowledge, meaning, perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
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