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Proverbs 2:1-8 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within 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 | if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct 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 | if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to 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 it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure, | 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 you will discern the fear of the LORD {YHWH} and discover the knowledge of God {Elohim}. | 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 {YHWH} gives wisdom; from His mouth come 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 stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity, | 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 | to guard the paths of justice and protect 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. | |
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