Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. New Living Translation Wise choices will watch over you. Understanding will keep you safe. English Standard Version discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, Berean Standard Bible Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, King James Bible Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: New King James Version Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you, New American Standard Bible Discretion will watch over you, Understanding will guard you, NASB 1995 Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, NASB 1977 Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, Legacy Standard Bible Discretion will keep you, Discernment will guard you, Amplified Bible Discretion will watch over you, Understanding and discernment will guard you, Christian Standard Bible Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, American Standard Version Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: Aramaic Bible in Plain English A good mind will keep you and the intelligence of the good will deliver you Brenton Septuagint Translation good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee; Contemporary English Version Sound judgment and good sense will watch over you. Douay-Rheims Bible Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee, English Revised Version Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee: GOD'S WORD® Translation Foresight will protect you. Understanding will guard you. Good News Translation Your insight and understanding will protect you International Standard Version Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you, JPS Tanakh 1917 Discretion shall watch over thee, Discernment shall guard thee; Literal Standard Version Thoughtfulness watches over you, | Understanding keeps you, Majority Standard Bible Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, New American Bible Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you; NET Bible Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, New Revised Standard Version prudence will watch over you; and understanding will guard you. New Heart English Bible Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you, Webster's Bible Translation Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: World English Bible Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you, Young's Literal Translation Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Benefits of Wisdom…10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. 11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, 12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,… Cross References Proverbs 1:4 To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young, Proverbs 4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you. Proverbs 6:22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. Treasury of Scripture Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you: Proverbs 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Proverbs 6:22-24 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee… Psalm 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. Jump to Previous Discernment Discretion Guard Preserve Protect Purposes Thoughtfulness Understanding Watch Watching WiseJump to Next Discernment Discretion Guard Preserve Protect Purposes Thoughtfulness Understanding Watch Watching WiseProverbs 2 1. wisdom promises godliness to her children10. and safety from evil company 20. and direction in good ways Verse 11. - Discretion shall preserve thee. Discretion (מְזַמָּת m'zimoth), as in Proverbs 1:4, is the outward manifestation of wisdom; it tests what is uncertain, and avoids danger (Hitzig). The word carries with it the idea of reflection or consideration (see Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 5:2; Proverbs 8:12) The LXX. reads, βουλὴ καλή, "good counsel;" and the Vulgate, concilium. Shall preserve thee. The idea of protection and guarding, which is predicated of Jehovah in ver. 8, is here transferred to discretion and understanding, which to some extent are put forward as personifications. Understanding (תְבוּנָה, t'vunah), as in Proverbs 2:11; the power of distinguishing and separating, and, in the case of conflicting interests, to decide on the best. Shall keep; i.e. keep safe, or in the sense of watching over or guarding. The two verbs "to preserve" (שָׁמַר shamar) and "to keep" (נָצַר, natsar), LXX. τήρειν, occur together again in Proverbs 4:6. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Discretionמְ֭זִמָּה (mə·zim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4209: A plan, evil, sometimes good will watch over you, תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר (tiš·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to and understanding תְּבוּנָ֥ה (tə·ḇū·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice will guard you, תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ (ṯin·ṣə·rek·kāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 5341: To watch, guard, keep Links Proverbs 2:11 NIVProverbs 2:11 NLT Proverbs 2:11 ESV Proverbs 2:11 NASB Proverbs 2:11 KJV Proverbs 2:11 BibleApps.com Proverbs 2:11 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 2:11 Chinese Bible Proverbs 2:11 French Bible Proverbs 2:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:11 Discretion will watch over you (Prov. Pro Pr) |