Verse List for PROV 1:5

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Let wise people also listen to these sayings to keep learning more, ⇔ and discerning people can acquire guidance—

OET-LV Let _him _listen a _prudent_one and_let _him _increase learning and_one _who_has _understanding guidance(s) let _him _get.

ULT (may a wise one hear and increase learning, ⇔ and an understanding one acquire guidance),

UST (Let wise people listen to these wise sayings and learn more. ⇔  Indeed, let these sayings guide understanding people so that they know what to do.)

BSB & MSB {let} the wise listen and gain instruction, ⇔  and the discerning acquire wise counsel

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; ⇔  that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;

NET (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, ⇔ and let the discerning acquire guidance! )

LSV (The wise hear and increase learning,
And the intelligent obtain counsels.)

FBV Wise people will listen and gain in learning, and those who have good judgment will gain skills in guidance,

T4T Those who are wise should also pay attention to these proverbs, ⇔  in order to become more wise, ⇔ and those who understand these teachings will receive good advice/guidance.

LEB • may the wise hear and increase learning,
• and the one who understands gain direction,[fn]

BBE (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

Moff (Let the sage too listen and learn sense, ⇔  let the intelligent know how to handle life.)

JPS That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

ASV That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; ⇔ And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

DRA A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

YLT (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

Drby He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

RV That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; and that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

SLT The wise one will hear and he will add learning: and he understanding, shall obtain guidance:

Wbstr A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:

KJB-1769 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

KJB-1611 A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.
(The wise man will give ear, and will come by more wisdom, and he that is endued with understanding shall attain unto wise councils/counsels.)

Gnva A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,
(A wise man shall hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels,)

Cvdl By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,
(By hearing, the wise man shall come by more wisdom: and by experience,)

Wycl A wise man heringe schal be wisere; and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails.
(A wise man hearing shall be wisere; and a man understanding shall hold governails.)

Luth Wer weise ist, der höret zu und bessert sich; und wer verständig ist, der läßt ihm raten,
(Who wise is, the/of_the hear to/for and improves itself/yourself/themselves; and who sensible/understanding is, the/of_the lets him guess/advise,)

ClVg Audiens sapiens, sapientior erit, et intelligens gubernacula possidebit.[fn]
(Hearing wise, wiser will_be, and intelligent gubernacula will_possess.)

UHB יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְ⁠י֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝⁠נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Τῶν δὲ γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται·

BrTr For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and the man of understanding will gain direction;