PRO 4:1 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Hear, sons, the instruction of a father,
 ⇔ and listen attentively in order to know understanding.

UST Children, listen carefully to what I, your father, am teaching you.
⇔ Pay attention in order to learn what you should understand.

BSB  ⇔ Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction;
⇔ pay attention and gain understanding.

OEB Listen, children, to a father’s instruction.
⇔ Pay attention to gain understanding.

WEB Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction.
⇔ Pay attention and know understanding;

NET Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,
 ⇔ and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

LSV Hear, you sons, the instruction of a father,
And give attention to know understanding.

FBV Listen, sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and discover what makes sense,

T4T My children, listen to what I am teaching you.
⇔ If you pay attention, you will understand what is wise.

LEB No LEB PRO 4:1 verse available

BBE Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

ASV Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father,
 ⇔ And attend to know understanding:

DRA Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.

YLT Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

DBY Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;

RV Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding:

WBS Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

KJB Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
(Hear, ye/you_all children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. )

BB Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.
(Heare O ye/you_all children a fatherly instruction, and take good heede, that ye/you_all may learn understanding.)

GNV Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.
(Heare, O ye/you_all children, the instruction of a father, and give eare to learn understanding. )

CB Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome.
(Heare (O ye/you_all children) the fatherly exortacio, and take good hede, that ye/you_all may learn wy?dome.)

WYC Sones, here ye the teching of the fadir; and perseiue ye, that ye kunne prudence.
(Sones, here ye/you_all the teaching of the father; and perseiue ye, that ye/you_all can prudence.)

LUT Höret, meine Kinder, die Zucht eures Vaters; merkt auf, daß ihr lernet und klug werdet!
(Höret, my Kinder, the Zucht eures Vaters; merkt on, that her lernet and klug becomet!)

CLV [Audite, filii, disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.[fn]
([Audite, children, disciplinam patris, and attendite as sciatis prudentiam.)

4.1 Audite, filii. Hinc exhortaturus ad philosophiam, qualiter ipse sapientiam sit a patre edoctus, explicat.

4.1 Audite, children. Hinc exhortaturus to philosophiam, qualiter himself wisdom sit a patre edoctus, explicat.

BRN Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

BrLXX Ἀκούσατε, παῖδες, παιδείαν πατρὸς, καὶ προσέχετε γνῶναι ἔννοιαν.
(Akousate, paides, paideian patros, kai proseⱪete gnōnai ennoian. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

שִׁמְע֣וּ

listen

See how you translated Hear in 1:8.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בָ֭נִים

children

Although the term sons is masculine, Solomon is using the word in a generic sense that could refer to both male and female children. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “offspring”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מ֣וּסַר & בִּינָֽה

instruction & understanding

See how you translated the abstract nouns instruction and understanding in 1:2.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

אָ֑ב

father's

Here Solomon is speaking about himself in the third person. If this would not be natural in your language, you could use the first person form. Alternate translation: “me, your father”

Parallel PRO 4:1