Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

New American Standard Bible

Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,

King James Version

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Holman Bible

Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you,

International Standard Version

Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you,

A Conservative Version

discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee,

Amplified


Discretion will watch over you,
Understanding and discernment will guard you,

Bible in Basic English

Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

Darby Translation

discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

Julia Smith Translation

Meditation shall watch over thee, understanding shall guard thee:

King James 2000

Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Discretion will watch over you; understanding will protect you,

Modern King James verseion

judgment shall keep you, understanding shall keep you,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

then shall counsel preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee.

NET Bible

Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

New Heart English Bible

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

The Emphasized Bible

Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: -

Webster

Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

World English Bible

Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

Youngs Literal Translation

Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

תּובנה תּבוּנה תּבוּןo 
Tabuwn 
Usage: 42

References

Morish

Context Readings

The Benefits Of Wisdom

10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;


Cross References

Proverbs 4:6

Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

Psalm 25:21

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.

Psalm 119:9-11

BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.

Proverbs 6:22-24

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Ephesians 5:15

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

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