Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
New American Standard Bible
Incline your heart to understanding;
King James Version
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Holman Bible
and directing your heart to understanding;
International Standard Version
making your ear attentive to wisdom, and turning your heart to understanding
A Conservative Version
so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,
American Standard Version
So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;
Amplified
So that your ear is attentive to [skillful and godly] wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding [seeking it conscientiously and striving for it eagerly];
Bible in Basic English
So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
Darby Translation
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
Julia Smith Translation
To attend to wisdom thou wilt incline thine ear, thy heart to understanding;
King James 2000
So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
Lexham Expanded Bible
[in order] to incline your ear toward wisdom, [then] you shall apply your heart to understanding.
Modern King James verseion
so that you attend to wisdom, you shall extend your heart to understanding;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding.
NET Bible
by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,
New Heart English Bible
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
The Emphasized Bible
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
Webster
So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;
World English Bible
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
Themes
ears » Should » Be inclined to wisdom
Fear » Who shall understand the fear of the lord
Finding » Who shall find the lord
The Heart » Should be » Applied unto wisdom
Knowledge » Who shall find the knowledge of God
The lord seeking that which was lost » The reward for seeking knowledge
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 2:2
Images Proverbs 2:2
Prayers for Proverbs 2:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Benefits Of Wisdom
1 My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, 2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, 3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
Cross References
Psalm 90:12
To number our days aright let us know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
Psalm 119:111-112
I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they.
Proverbs 18:1
For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
Proverbs 22:17-21
Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
Proverbs 23:12
Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I make for you a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.
Matthew 13:9
He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
Acts 17:11
and these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, they received the word with all readiness of mind, every day examining the Writings whether those things were so;