Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Tie them always upon thy heart; bind them upon thy throat
New American Standard Bible
Tie them around your neck.
King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Holman Bible
tie them around your neck.
International Standard Version
by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck.
A Conservative Version
Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.
American Standard Version
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Amplified
Bind them continually upon your heart (in your thoughts),
And tie them around your neck.
Bible in Basic English
Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
Darby Translation
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
King James 2000
Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them about your neck.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Bind them on your heart continually; tie them upon your neck.
Modern King James verseion
bind them upon your heart forever, tie them around your neck.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Put them up together in thine heart, and bind them about thy neck.
NET Bible
Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
New Heart English Bible
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
The Emphasized Bible
Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;
Webster
Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck.
World English Bible
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Youngs Literal Translation
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
Interlinear
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Commandment And Instruction As Guardians
20 My son, watch the commands of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the laws of thy mother: 21 Tie them always upon thy heart; bind them upon thy throat 22 In thy going about it shall lead thee; in thy lying down it shall watch over thee; and awaking, it shall speak to thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:3
Mercy and truth shall not forsake thee: bind them upon thy throat; write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
Exodus 13:16
And it was for a sign upon thy hand, and for bands between thine eyes: for with a strong hand Jehovah brought us forth from Egypt
Deuteronomy 6:8
And bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for bands between thine eyes.
Proverbs 4:6
Thou shalt not forsake her, and she will watch thee: love her, and she will guard thee.
Proverbs 4:21
They shall not turn aside from thine eyes; watch them in the midst of thy heart
Proverbs 7:3-4
Bind them upon thy fingers, and write them upon the tablet of thine heart
2 Corinthians 3:3
Made manifest that ye are the epistle of Christ served by us, not written with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables made of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.