Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, New Living Translation Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. English Standard Version yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, Berean Standard Bible if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, King James Bible Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; New King James Version Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, New American Standard Bible For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding; NASB 1995 For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; NASB 1977 For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; Legacy Standard Bible For if you call out for understanding, Give your voice for discernment; Amplified Bible Yes, if you cry out for insight, And lift up your voice for understanding; Christian Standard Bible furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, Holman Christian Standard Bible furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, American Standard Version Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; Contemporary English Version Beg as loud as you can for good common sense. English Revised Version Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding; GOD'S WORD® Translation if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding, Good News Translation Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight. International Standard Version if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, Majority Standard Bible if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, NET Bible indeed, if you call out for discernment--raise your voice for understanding-- New Heart English Bible Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; Webster's Bible Translation Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; World English Bible yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor if you call for intelligence, "" [And] give forth your voice for intelligence, Young's Literal Translation For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, Smith's Literal Translation For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: Catholic Public Domain Version For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence, New American Bible Yes, if you call for intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice; New Revised Standard Version if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice to understanding, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And call to understanding and lift up your voice to intelligence OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Yea, if thou call for understanding, And lift up thy voice for discernment; Brenton Septuagint Translation For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Benefits of Wisdom…2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, 3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, 4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,… Cross References James 1:5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Jeremiah 33:3 Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know. James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Colossians 2:3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 1 Kings 3:9-12 Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?” / Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request. / So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice— ... Luke 11:9-13 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. / What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? ... Job 28:12-28 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? / No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. / The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’ ... 1 Corinthians 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Psalm 119:18 Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law. Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. 1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him. Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. / Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! Treasury of Scripture Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; if Proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 1 Kings 3:9-12 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? … liftest up thy voice Jump to Previous Aloud Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Good Insight Intelligence Lift Raise Request Sense Understanding VoiceJump to Next Aloud Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Good Insight Intelligence Lift Raise Request Sense Understanding VoiceProverbs 2 1. wisdom promises godliness to her children10. and safety from evil company 20. and direction in good ways if you truly call out The phrase "if you truly call out" emphasizes the earnestness and sincerity required in seeking wisdom. The Hebrew root for "call out" is "קָרָא" (qara), which implies a loud, intentional cry or proclamation. This suggests that acquiring wisdom is not a passive endeavor but requires active pursuit and a heartfelt plea. In the historical context of ancient Israel, calling out was often associated with prayer or seeking divine intervention, indicating that wisdom is a divine gift that must be earnestly sought. to insight and lift your voice to understanding Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew if youאִ֣ם (’im) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not truly כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction call out תִקְרָ֑א (ṯiq·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read to insight לַבִּינָ֣ה (lab·bî·nāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 998: An understanding and lift תִּתֵּ֥ן (tit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set your voice קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ (qō·w·le·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound to understanding, לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה (lat·tə·ḇū·nāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice Links Proverbs 2:3 NIVProverbs 2:3 NLT Proverbs 2:3 ESV Proverbs 2:3 NASB Proverbs 2:3 KJV Proverbs 2:3 BibleApps.com Proverbs 2:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 2:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 2:3 French Bible Proverbs 2:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:3 Yes if you call out for discernment (Prov. 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