PRO 23:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Δὸς εἰς παιδείαν τὴν καρδίαν σου, τὰ δὲ ὦτά σου ἑτοίμασον λόγοις αἰσθήσεως.
(Dos eis paideian taʸn kardian sou, ta de ōta sou hetoimason logois aisthaʸseōs. )

BrTr Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.

UST Consider carefully what people say when they correct you.
⇔ Indeed, listen carefully to what people teach you.

BSB ⇔ Apply your heart to instruction
⇔ and your ears to words of knowledge.

OEB ⇔ Apply your mind to instruction,
⇔ your ear to the words of knowledge.

WEBBE ⇔ Apply your heart to instruction,
⇔ and your ears to the words of knowledge.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Apply your heart to instruction
⇔ and your ears to the words of knowledge.

LSV Bring your heart to instruction,
And your ear to sayings of knowledge.

FBV Focus your mind on instruction; listen intently to words of knowledge.

T4T Pay attention to what your teachers teach you,
⇔ and try to learn from the wise things that they say.

LEB • [fn] to instruction, and your ear to sayings of knowledge.

23:? Or “mind”

BBE Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

ASV Apply thy heart unto instruction,
⇔ And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

DRA Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge.

YLT Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

Drby Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

RV Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Wbstr Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.

KJB-1769 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
(Apply thine/your heart unto instruction, and thine/your ears to the words of knowledge. )

KJB-1611 Apply thine heart vnto instruction, and thine eares to the words of knowledge.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge.
(Applye thine/your heart unto correction, and thine/your ear to the words of knowledge.)

Gnva Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
(Apply thine/your heart to instruction, and thine/your ears to the words of knowledge. )

Cvdl Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.
(Applie thine/your heart unto learning, and thine/your ear to the words of knowledge.)

Wycl Thin herte entre to techyng, and thin eeris `be redi to the wordis of kunnyng.
(Thin heart enter to teaching, and thin ears `be ready to the words of cunning.)

Luth Gib dein Herz zur Zucht und deine Ohren zu vernünftiger Rede.
(Give your heart to Zucht and your ears to vernünftiger Rede.)

ClVg [Ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum, et aures tuæ ad verba scientiæ.
([Ingrediatur to doctrinam heart tuum, and aures tuæ to words scientiæ. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

23:12 is Saying 11 of the 30 “words of the wise ones.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

הָבִ֣יאָ⁠ה לַ⁠מּוּסָ֣ר לִבֶּ֑⁠ךָ וְ֝⁠אָזְנֶ֗⁠ךָ לְ⁠אִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת

apply, to_the,instruction heart,your and,ear,your to,words knowledge

The writer is leaving out a word in the second clause that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply the word from the first clause if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Bring your heart to correction and bring your ear to words of knowledge”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הָבִ֣יאָ⁠ה לַ⁠מּוּסָ֣ר לִבֶּ֑⁠ךָ וְ֝⁠אָזְנֶ֗⁠ךָ לְ⁠אִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת

apply, to_the,instruction heart,your and,ear,your to,words knowledge

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Bring your heart to correction; yes, bring your ear to words of knowledge”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הָבִ֣יאָ⁠ה לַ⁠מּוּסָ֣ר לִבֶּ֑⁠ךָ

apply, to_the,instruction heart,your

Here, bring your heart to is an idiom that means “think carefully about.” The word heart here refers to a person’s mind, as in 2:2. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the same use of the phrase “set your heart to” in 22:17. Alternate translation: “Think carefully about correction”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לַ⁠מּוּסָ֣ר

to_the,instruction

See how you translated the abstract nouns correction in 3:11.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ֝⁠אָזְנֶ֗⁠ךָ

and,ear,your

See how you translated the same use of ear in 22:17.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לְ⁠אִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת

to,words knowledge

See how you translated words of knowledge in 19:27.

Parallel PRO 23:12