Modern Translations New International Versionturning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding-- New Living Translation Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. English Standard Version making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; Berean Study Bible if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, New American Standard Bible Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding. NASB 1995 Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; NASB 1977 Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; Amplified Bible So that your ear is attentive to [skillful and godly] wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding [seeking it conscientiously and striving for it eagerly]; Christian Standard Bible listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding; Holman Christian Standard Bible listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding; Contemporary English Version Keep in tune with wisdom and think what it means to have common sense. Good News Translation Listen to what is wise and try to understand it. GOD'S WORD® Translation if you pay close attention to wisdom, and let your mind reach for understanding, International Standard Version making your ear attentive to wisdom, and turning your heart to understanding— NET Bible by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding, Classic Translations King James BibleSo that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; New King James Version So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; King James 2000 Bible So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; New Heart English Bible So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; World English Bible So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; American King James Version So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; American Standard Version So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; A Faithful Version So that you incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding; Darby Bible Translation so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding; English Revised Version So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Webster's Bible Translation So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding; Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, Bishops' Bible of 1568 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng. Coverdale Bible of 1535 that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTo cause your ear to attend to wisdom, "" You incline your heart to understanding, Young's Literal Translation To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, Smith's Literal Translation To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThat thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence: Catholic Public Domain Version so that your ears may listen to wisdom, then bend your heart in order to know prudence. Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd you will incline your ear to wisdom and turn your heart to understanding Lamsa Bible And incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding, OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, And thy heart incline to discernment; Brenton Septuagint Translation thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.     |