|
|
Proverbs 4:1-8 Parallel Bible Translations
|
LSV Literal Standard Version |
ESV English Standard Version |
NIV New International Version |
Add |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hear, you sons, the instruction of a father, || And give attention to know understanding. | Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, | Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. | |
| 2 | For I have given to you good learning, do not forsake my law. | for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. | I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching. | |
| 3 | For I have been a son to my father—tender, || And an only one before my mother. | When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, | For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. | |
| 4 | And he directs me, and he says to me: “Let your heart retain my words, || Keep my commands, and live. | he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. | Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live. | |
| 5 | Get wisdom, get understanding, || Do not forget, nor turn away || From the sayings of my mouth. | Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. | Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. | |
| 6 | Do not forsake her, and she preserves you, || Love her, and she keeps you. | Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. | Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. | |
| 7 | The first thing [is] wisdom—get wisdom, || And with all your getting get understanding. | The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. | The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. | |
| 8 | Exalt her and she lifts you up, || She honors you when you embrace her. | Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. | Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. | |
| Read Literal Standard Version Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. |
Read English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles. |
Read New International Version Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. |
||
