Verse List for PROV 2:2

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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) so you’ll be attentive to wisdom ⇔ ≈ and your mind will look for understanding,

OET-LV To_make _attend to_wisdom ear _of_your you _will _incline heart _of_your to_understanding.

ULT to cause your ear to be attentive to wisdom, ⇔ you incline your heart to understanding—

UST Do this by listening carefully to what is wise, ⇔  and by thinking seriously about what you should understand.

BSB & MSB if you incline your ear to wisdom ⇔  and direct your heart to understanding,

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB so as to turn your ear to wisdom, ⇔  and apply your heart to understanding;

NET by making your ear attentive to wisdom, ⇔ and by turning your heart to understanding,

LSV To cause your ear to attend to wisdom,
You incline your heart to understanding,

FBV if you pay attention to wisdom and really try to understand;

T4T Pay attention to wisdom ⇔  and try hard to understand it.

LEB • in order to incline your ear toward wisdom,
• then you shall apply your heart to understanding.

BBE So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

Moff bending your ear to wisdom ⇔  and applying your mind to knowledge;

JPS So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;

ASV So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, ⇔ And apply thy heart to understanding;

DRA That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:

YLT To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

Drby so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

RV So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
(So that thou/you incline thine/your ear unto wisdom, and apply thine/your heart to understanding;)

SLT To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding;

Wbstr So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;

KJB-1769 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
(So that thou/you incline thine/your ear unto wisdom, and apply thine/your heart to understanding;)

KJB-1611 So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, and apply thine heart to vnderstanding:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng.
(That thou/you wilt/will incline thine/your ears unto wisdom: apply thine/your heart then to understanding.)

Gnva And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
(And cause thine/your ears to hearken unto wisdom, and incline thine/your heart to understanding,)

Cvdl that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.
(that thine/your ear may hearken unto wisdom, apply thine/your heart then to understanding.)

Wycl that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence.
(that thin ear here wisdom, bow thin heart to know prudence.)

Luth so laß dein Ohr auf Weisheit achthaben und neige dein Herz mit Fleiß dazu.
(so let your(s) ear on/in/to wise_(people) eight/cautionhaben and tend/lean your(s) heart with diligence to_that/in_addition.)

ClVg ut audiat sapientiam auris tua, inclina cor tuum ad cognoscendam prudentiam.[fn]
(as hear wisdom ear your, incline/lean heart your(sg) to cognoscendam prudence.)

UHB לְ⁠הַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽ⁠חָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑⁠ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּ⁠ךָ֗ לַ⁠תְּבוּנָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX ὑπακούσεται σοφίας τὸ οὖς σου, καὶ παραβαλεῖς καρδίαν σου εἰς σύνεσιν, παραβαλεῖς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ νουθέτησιν τῷ υἱῷ σου·

BrTr thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.