PRO 2:3 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐὰν γὰρ τὴν σοφίαν ἐπικαλέσῃ, καὶ τῇ συνέσει δῷς φωνήν σου,
(Ean gar taʸn sofian epikalesaʸ, kai taʸ sunesei dōis fōnaʸn sou, )

ULT indeed, if for understanding you call out,
⇔ for perception you lift up your voice,

UST Yes, cry out to learn what you should understand.
⇔ Cry loudly to learn what you should perceive!

BSB if you truly call out to insight
⇔ and lift your voice to understanding,

OEB if you seek to invoke understanding.
⇔ and lift up your voice to reason,

WEBBE yes, if you call out for discernment,
⇔ and lift up your voice for understanding;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET indeed, if you call out for discernment –
⇔ raise your voice for understanding –

LSV For if you call for intelligence,
[And] give forth your voice for intelligence,

FBV if you cry out for insight and call loudly for help in understanding;

T4T Call out to God to get insight;
⇔ plead with him to help you to understand more of what he wants you to know.

LEB • [fn] if you lift[fn] your voice for insight,

2:? Or “call to understanding”

2:? Or “carry, give”

BBE Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

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JPS Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;

ASV Yea, if thou cry after discernment,
⇔ And lift up thy voice for understanding;

DRA For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

YLT For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

Drby yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

RV Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;

Wbstr Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

KJB-1769 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;[fn]
(Yea, if thou/you criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy/your voice for understanding; )

2.3 liftest…: Heb. givest thy voice

KJB-1611 Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and [fn]liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:
(Yea if thou/you cryest after knowledge, and liftest up thy/your voice for understanding:)

2:3 Heb. giuest thy voice.

Bshps For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:
(For if thou/you cryest after wisdom, and cryest for knowledge:)

Gnva (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
((For if thou/you callest after knowledge, and cryest for understanding: )

Cvdl For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege:
(For if thou/you criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge:)

Wycl For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;
(For if thou/you inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin heart to prudence;)

Luth Denn so du mit Fleiß danach rufest und darum betest,
(Because so you with Fleiß after/thereafter/then rufest and therefore betest,)

ClVg Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ;
(When/But_if because wisdom invocaveris, and inclinaveris heart your prudentiæ; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אִ֣ם לַ⁠בִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝⁠תְּבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֶֽ⁠ךָ

if for_the,insight call_out for_the,understanding lift voice,your

These two phrases mean similar things. The author is using repetition to emphasize the idea that the phrases express. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine the phrases and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “if for perceptive understanding you lift up your voice to call out”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

לַ⁠בִּינָ֣ה & לַ֝⁠תְּבוּנָ֗ה

for_the,insight & for_the,understanding

Here Solomon speaks of calling out to receive understanding and perception as if they were people whom someone could summon. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to receive understanding … to receive perception”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לַ⁠בִּינָ֣ה

for_the,insight

See how you translated the abstract noun understanding in the previous verse.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לַ֝⁠תְּבוּנָ֗ה

for_the,understanding

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of perception, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “for what should be perceived”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֶֽ⁠ךָ

lift voice,your

This phrase is an idiom that refers to speaking loudly. 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. Alternate translation: “you speak with a loud voice”

Parallel PRO 2:3