Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

Then I saw; I set my heart on it; I looked and I received instruction.

New American Standard Bible

When I saw, I reflected upon it;
I looked, and received instruction.

King James Version

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Holman Bible

I saw, and took it to heart;
I looked, and received instruction:

International Standard Version

As I observed, I thought about it; I watched, and learned a lesson:

A Conservative Version

Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

American Standard Version

Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

Amplified


When I saw, I considered it well;
I looked and received instruction.

Bible in Basic English

Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

Darby Translation

Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:

Julia Smith Translation

And I shall see and set my heart: I looked, I took instruction.

King James 2000

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

This I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and took it for a warning.

NET Bible

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

New Heart English Bible

Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

The Emphasized Bible

So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked - I accepted correction:

Webster

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

World English Bible

Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

Youngs Literal Translation

And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Then I saw
חזה 
Chazah 
Usage: 54

and considered it well
שׁית 
Shiyth 
Usage: 83

I looked
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

upon it, and received
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

References

Context Readings

More Sayings Of The Wise

31 and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw; I set my heart on it; I looked and I received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;

Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:11

And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.

Deuteronomy 21:21

And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones so that he dies. So shall you put evil away from you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they were wise, they would understand this; they would consider their latter end!

Job 7:17

What is man, that You should magnify him, and that You should set Your heart on him,

Psalm 4:4

Tremble, and sin not; speak within your own heart on your bed and be still. Selah.

Luke 2:19

But Mary kept all these sayings, meditating in her heart.

Luke 2:51

And He went with them and came to Nazareth, and He was subject to them. But His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

1 Corinthians 10:6

And these things were our examples, that we should not be lusters after evil, as they also lusted.

1 Corinthians 10:11

And all these things happened to them as examples; and it is written for our warning on whom the ends of the world have come.

Jude 1:5-7

But I intend to remind you, you once knowing these things, that the Lord having delivered a people out of the land of Egypt, in the second place destroyed the ones not believing.

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