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Proverbs 2:1-8 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and wilt hide my commands with thee; | 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 attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy 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 thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy 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 thou wilt seek her as silver, and dig for her as 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 shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and thou shalt 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 Jehovah will give wisdom: from his mouth 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 treasured up deliverance for the upright: a shield to those going in uprightness: | 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 judgment, and he will watch the way of his godly ones. | 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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