PRO 4:5 Parallel View

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ULT Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding;
 ⇔ do not forget and do not veer from the sayings of my mouth.

UST Obtain what is wise and what you should understand!
⇔ Always remember what I have spoken to you!

BSB Get wisdom, get understanding;
⇔ do not forget my words or turn from them.

OEB Get wisdom, get understanding.

WEB Get wisdom.
⇔ Get understanding.
⇔ Don’t forget, and don’t deviate from the words of my mouth.

NET Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding;
 ⇔ do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

LSV Get wisdom, get understanding,
Do not forget, nor turn away
From the sayings of my mouth.

FBV Get wisdom, find out what makes sense. Don't forget my words or reject them.

T4T Obtain wisdom and understanding,
⇔ and ◄do not abandon/hold fast to► [LIT] what I have taught you.

LEB • do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.

BBE Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

ASV Get wisdom, get understanding;
 ⇔ Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

DRA Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

YLT Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

DBY Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

RV Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth:

WBS Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

KJB Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
(Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. )

BB Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.
(Get thee wisdom, and get thee understanding: forget not the words of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.)

GNV Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.
(Get wisedom: get understading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. )

CB Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them.
(Get the wy?dome, get the understanding, forget not ye/you_all words of my mouth, and shreke not from them.)

WYC Welde thou wisdom, welde thou prudence; foryete thou not, nethir bowe thou awey fro the wordis of my mouth.
(Welde thou/you wisdom, weld thou/you prudence; foryete thou/you not, neither bow thou/you awey from the words of my mouth.)

LUT Nimm an Weisheit, nimm an Verstand; vergiß nicht und weiche nicht von der Rede meines Mundes!
(Nimm at Weisheit, nimm at Verstand; vergiß not and weiche not from the Rede meines Mundes!)

CLV Posside sapientiam, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris mei.[fn]
(Posside wisdom, posside prudentiam: ne obliviscaris, neque declines a verbis oris my/mine.)

4.5 Posside. In omnibus quæ possides, etc., usque ad juventam, venditis omnibus, comparavit.

4.5 Posside. In omnibus which possides, etc., usque to yuventam, venditis omnibus, comparavit.

BRN and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.[fn]

4:5 See Appendix - Alexandrian codex has: “Get wisdom, get understanding, forget not, nor decline from the words of my mouth.”

BrLXX μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ· Μηδὲ παρίδῃς ῥῆσιν ἐμοῦ στόματος,
(maʸ epilathaʸ; Maʸde paridaʸs ɽaʸsin emou stomatos, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָ֭כְמָה & בִינָ֑ה

wisdom & discernment

See how you translated the abstract nouns wisdom and understanding in 1:2.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְ⁠אַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽ⁠אִמְרֵי־פִֽ⁠י

not forget and,not turn_away from,words mouth,my

Here, the phrases do not forget and do not veer from are figures of speech that express strongly positive meanings by using a negative word, not, together with expressions that are the opposite of the intended meaning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the positive meanings. Alternate translation: “remember and keep going in the direction of the sayings of my mouth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְ⁠אַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽ⁠אִמְרֵי־פִֽ⁠י

not forget and,not turn_away from,words mouth,my

Here Solomon speaks of not forgetting something as if a person were not veering off of a path. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “do not forget and do not stop remembering the sayings of my mouth”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְ⁠אַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵֽ⁠אִמְרֵי־פִֽ⁠י

not forget and,not turn_away from,words mouth,my

Here, the terms forget and veer mean similar things. Solomon is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “certainly do not forget the sayings of my mouth”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מֵֽ⁠אִמְרֵי־פִֽ⁠י

from,words mouth,my

Here, mouth represents Solomon’s father himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from my sayings”

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