Verse List for PROV 23:26

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) My child, follow me with sincerity, ⇔ ≈ and let your eyes observe my ways,

OET-LV Give my _son _of_my heart _of_your to_me and_eyes _of_your ways _of_my let _them _observe[fn].
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ULT My son, give your heart to me, ⇔ and may your eyes watch[fn] my ways.

UST My son, pay close attention to me! ⇔  Carefully observe what I do!

BSB & MSB My son, give me your heart ⇔  and let your eyes delight in my ways.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB My son, give me your heart; ⇔  and let your eyes keep in my ways.

NET Give me your heart, my son, ⇔ and let your eyes observe my ways;

LSV Give, my son, your heart to me,
And let your eyes watch my ways.

FBV My son, give me your undivided attention, and cheerfully follow my example.

T4T My son, heed what I say to you, ⇔  and allow what I do to be an example for you.

LEB • My child, may you give your heart[fn] to me,
• and may your eyes delight in my ways.

BBE My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

Moff Attend to me, my son, ⇔  mark my injunctions:

JPS My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

ASV My son, give me thy heart; ⇔ And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

DRA My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.

YLT Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Drby My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

RV My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes delight in my ways.)

SLT My son, thou shalt give thy heart to me, and thine eyes shall delight in my way.

Wbstr My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.

KJB-1769 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes observe my ways.)

KJB-1611 My sonne, giue me thine heart, and let thine eyes obserue my wayes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes:
(My son give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes have pleasure in my ways:)

Gnva My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes delight in my ways.)

Cvdl My sonne, geue me thyne herte, and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes have pleasure in my ways.)

Wycl My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes.
(My son, give thin heart to me, and thin eyes keep my weyes.)

Luth Gib mir, mein Sohn, dein Herz und laß deinen Augen meine Wege wohlgefallen.
(Give to_me, my son, your(s) heart and let your(s) eyes my ways well-liked.)

ClVg Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
(Præbe, son my, heart your(sg) to_me, and eyes yours(sg) ways/roads of_mine they_guard.)

UHB תְּנָֽ⁠ה־בְנִ֣⁠י לִבְּ⁠ךָ֣ לִ֑⁠י וְ֝⁠עֵינֶ֗י⁠ךָ דְּרָכַ֥⁠י תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃ [fn] ‡

BrLXX Δός μοι υἱὲ σὴν καρδίαν, οἱ δὲ σοὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς τηρείτωσαν.

BrTr My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.