Verse List for PROV 3:3

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B I ◄ ← Prov 3:3 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) Don’t let loyal commitment and faithfulness leave you: ⇔ tie them around your neck, ⇔ ≈ and inscribe them into your mind.

OET-LV Loyalty and_faithfulness not may_they _leave _you bind_them on neck(s)_of_your write_them on the _tablet _of your _heart _of_your.

ULT Do not let covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness leave you; ⇔ tie them on your neck, ⇔ write them on the tablet of your heart,

UST Always be faithful and trustworthy. ⇔  Let everyone see how faithful and trustworthy you are, as if they were a necklace you are wearing. ⇔  Remember to be faithful and trustworthy at all times.

BSB & MSB Never let loving devotion[fn] or faithfulness leave you; ⇔  bind them around your neck, ⇔  write them on the tablet of your heart.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. ⇔  Bind them around your neck. ⇔  Write them on the tablet of your heart.

NET Do not let truth and mercy leave you; ⇔ bind them around your neck, ⇔ write them on the tablet of your heart.

LSV Do not let kindness and truth forsake you,
Bind them on your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart,

FBV Hold on to kindness and truth. Tie them around your neck; write them in your mind.[fn]

T4T ⇔  Always faithfully love others and ◄be faithful/do what you say that you will do►; ⇔  doing those things will cause others to be pleased with you; ⇔  it will be as though you are wearing a beautiful necklace. ⇔  Keep those things in your mind/inner being.

LEB • May loyal love[fn] and truth not forsake you;
• bind them around your neck,
• write them upon your heart.

BBE Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart;

Moff Never let kindness and loyalty go, ⇔  tie them fast round your neck;

JPS Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;

ASV Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: ⇔ Bind them about thy neck; ⇔ Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

DRA Let not mercy and truth leave thee, put them about thy neck, and write them in the tables of thy heart:

YLT Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,

Drby Let not loving-kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

RV Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
(Let not mercy and truth forsake thee/you: bind them about thy/your neck; write them upon the table of thine/your heart:)

SLT Mercy and truth shall not forsake thee: bind them upon thy throat; write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

Wbstr Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:

KJB-1769 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
(Let not mercy and truth forsake thee/you: bind them about thy/your neck; write them upon the table of thine/your heart:)

KJB-1611 Let not mercy and trueth forsake thee: bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart:
(Let mercy and faithfulness never go from thee/you: bind them about thy/your neck, and write them in the tables of thine/your heart:)

Gnva Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
(Let not mercy and truth forsake thee/you: bind them on thy/your neck, and write them upon the table of thine/your heart.)

Cvdl Let mercy & faithfulnes neuer go from ye: bynde the about yi necke, & wryte them in the tables of thine herte.
(Let mercy and faithfulness never go from ye/you_all: bind the about ye/you_all neck, and write them in the tables of thine/your heart.)

Wycl Merci and treuthe forsake thee not; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and write in the tablis of thin herte.
(Merci and truth forsake thee/you not; bind thou/you those to thy/your throat, and write in the tables of thin heart.)

Luth Gnade und Treue werden dich nicht lassen. Hänge sie an deinen Hals und schreibe sie in die Tafel deines Herzens,
(grace and loyalty/faithfulness become you/yourself not let. Hänge they/she/them at/to your(s) neck/throat and write they/she/them in the board/table your(s) heart,)

ClVg Misericordia et veritas te non deserant; circumda eas gutturi tuo, et describe in tabulis cordis tui:[fn]
(Mercy and the_truth you(sg) not/no they_abandon; circumda them throati your, and describe in/into/on boards/tablets of_the_heart yours(sg):)

UHB חֶ֥סֶד וֶ⁠אֱמֶ֗ת אַֽל־יַעַ֫זְבֻ֥⁠ךָ קָשְׁרֵ֥⁠ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרוֹתֶ֑י⁠ךָ כָּ֝תְבֵ֗⁠ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽ⁠ךָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστεις μὴ ἐκλειπέτωσάν σε· ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ, καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν·

BrTr Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck: