Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Watch my commands, and live; and my law as the pupil of thine eyes.
New American Standard Bible
And my
King James Version
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Holman Bible
protect my teachings
as the pupil of your eye.
International Standard Version
Keep my commands and you'll live. Guard my teaching as you do your eyesight.
A Conservative Version
Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.
American Standard Version
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
Amplified
Keep my commandments and live,
And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye.
Bible in Basic English
Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;
Darby Translation
Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
King James 2000
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Keep my commands and live, and my teaching like [the] {apple of your eye}.
Modern King James verseion
Keep my commandments and live; and keep my law as the pupil of your eye.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Keep my commandments and my law, even as the apple of thine eye, and thou shalt live.
NET Bible
Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.
New Heart English Bible
Keep my commandments and live. Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
The Emphasized Bible
Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;
Webster
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.
World English Bible
Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Youngs Literal Translation
Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
Interlinear
Shamar
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 7:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning Against The Strange Woman
1 My son, watch my words, and thou shalt hide my commands with thee. 2 Watch my commands, and live; and my law as the pupil of thine eyes. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, and write them upon the tablet of thine heart
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:10
He will find him in the land of the desert, In a waste howling desolation: He will encompass him about; he will teach him, He will keep him as the pupil of the eye.
Psalm 17:8
Watch me as the pupil of the daughter of the eye: thou wilt hide me in the shadow of thy wings.
Proverbs 4:4
And he taught me, and he will say to me, Thy heart shall hold fast my words: watch my commands and live.
Zechariah 2:8
For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye.
Leviticus 18:5
And ye watched my laws and my judgments, which a man shall do them, and he lived in them: I am Jehovah.
Proverbs 4:13
Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come to me, and hear, and your soul shall live; and I will cut out with you an eternal covenant, the sure mercies of David.
John 12:49-50
For I spake not of myself; but the Father having sent me, he gave me a command, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John 14:21
He having my commands, and keeping them, the same is he loving me: and he loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.
John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you.
1 John 2:3-4
And in this we know that we have known him, if we should keep his commands.
1 John 5:1-3
Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving him having begotten, loves him also begotten of him.
Revelation 22:14
Happy they doing his commands, that their power shall be in the tree of life, and they might come in at the gates to the city.