|
|
Proverbs 2:1-8 Parallel Bible Translations
|
BLB Berean Literal Bible |
ESV English Standard Version |
NIV New International Version |
Add |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My son, if you receive my words and you treasure my commands 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 | to make your ear attentive to wisdom, you incline 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 | For if you call out for understanding, and for insight you give forth your voice, | 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 like silver, and like hidden treasures you search for her, | 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 understand the fear of YHWH, and the knowledge of God you will find. | 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 YHWH gives wisdom; from His mouth is 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 for the upright good sense—protection for those walking 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 | He watches over the paths of justice, and the way of His holy ones He guards. | 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. | |
| Read Berean Literal Bible Public domain. |
Read English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles. |
Read New International Version Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. |
||
