Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
New American Standard Bible
Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
King James Version
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Holman Bible
My son, don’t lose sight of them.
International Standard Version
My son, do not let wisdom leave your sight. Carefully observe sound judgment and discernment,
A Conservative Version
My son, let them not depart from thine eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
American Standard Version
My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Amplified
My son, let them not escape from your sight,
But keep sound wisdom and discretion,
Bible in Basic English
My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.
Darby Translation
My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Julia Smith Translation
My son, they shall not depart from thine eyes: keep counsel and meditation:
King James 2000
My son, let not them depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Lexham Expanded Bible
My child, may they not escape from your {sight}; may you keep sound wisdom and prudence.
Modern King James verseion
My son, do not let them depart from your eyes; keep sound wisdom and judgment,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel:
NET Bible
My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.
New Heart English Bible
My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
The Emphasized Bible
My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:
Webster
My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
World English Bible
My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Themes
divine Call » For worship of God » Wisdom's
Christ » Vine name applied to » Wisdom of
Feet » To be guided by wisdom and discretion
God » Wisdom of » Select readings
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society
20 By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew. 21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness, 22 And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:21
Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
Deuteronomy 4:9
'Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons.
Deuteronomy 6:6-9
and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart,
Deuteronomy 32:46-47
and saith unto them, 'Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,
Joshua 1:8
the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.
Proverbs 2:7
Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
Proverbs 3:1-3
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
John 8:31
Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,
John 15:6-7
if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;
Hebrews 2:1-3
Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
1 John 2:24
Ye, then, that which ye heard from the beginning, in you let it remain; if in you may remain that which from the beginning ye did hear, ye also in the Son and in the Father shall remain,
1 John 2:27
and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.