Proverbs 22:17-21 Parallel Bible Translations

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
17	הַ֥ט אָזְנְךָ֗ וּ֭שְׁמַע דִּבְרֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֑ים וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ תָּשִׁ֥ית לְדַעְתִּֽי׃	Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,	Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
18	כִּֽי־ נָ֭עִים כִּֽי־ תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם בְּבִטְנֶ֑ךָ יִכֹּ֥נוּ יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו עַל־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃	for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.	for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
19	לִהְי֣וֹת בַּ֭יהוָה מִבְטַחֶ֑ךָ הוֹדַעְתִּ֖יךָ הַיּ֣וֹם אַף־ אָֽתָּה׃	That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.	So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
20	הֲלֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי לְ֭ךָ [שלשום] (שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים) בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָדָֽעַת׃	Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,	Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21	לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗ קֹ֭שְׁטְ אִמְרֵ֣י אֱמֶ֑ת לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֲמָרִ֥ים אֱ֝מֶ֗ת לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃ פ	to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?	teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
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