Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;

King James Version

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

Holman Bible

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your relative.

International Standard Version

Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,

A Conservative Version

Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,

American Standard Version

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:

Amplified


Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;

Bible in Basic English

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:

Darby Translation

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman:

Julia Smith Translation

Say to wisdom, Thou my sister; and thou shalt call knowledge to understanding:

King James 2000

Say unto wisdom, you are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Say to wisdom, "you are my sister," and you shall call insight, "{intimate friend}."

Modern King James verseion

Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinsman,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Say unto wisdom, "Thou art my sister," and call understanding thy kinswoman:

NET Bible

Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative,

New Heart English Bible

Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,

The Emphasized Bible

Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:

Webster

Say to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

World English Bible

Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,

Youngs Literal Translation

Say to wisdom, 'My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, 'Kinswoman!'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חכמה 
Chokmah 
Usage: 149

אחות 
'achowth 
Usage: 114

and call
קרא 
Qara' 
Usage: 736

Context Readings

Warning Against The Strange Woman

3 Bind them upon thy fingers; write them upon the tablet of thine heart. 4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;
5 That they may keep thee from the woman belonging to someone else, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

Cross References

Job 17:14

I have said to the pit, Thou art my father; to the worms, my mother, and my sister.

Proverbs 2:2-4

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to intelligence,

Proverbs 4:6-8

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she shall keep thee.

Song of Songs 8:1

O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; and I should not be despised.

Matthew 12:49-50

And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!

Luke 11:27-28

And it came to pass as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the crowd lifted up her voice and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee and the breasts which thou hast sucked.

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