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Proverbs 2:1-9 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you; | My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, | My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, | |
| 2 | So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; | making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; | turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding— | |
| 3 | Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; | yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, | indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, | |
| 4 | If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; | if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, | and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, | |
| 5 | Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. | then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. | then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. | |
| 6 | For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. | For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; | For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. | |
| 7 | He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. | he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, | He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, | |
| 8 | He keeps the paths of judgment, and preserves the way of his saints. | guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. | for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. | |
| 9 | Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yes, every good path. | Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; | Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path. | |
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