Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman,
New American Standard Bible
And call understanding your intimate friend;
King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Holman Bible
and call understanding your relative.
International Standard Version
Say to wisdom, "You're my sister!" and call understanding your close relative,
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!'
Themes
Chastity » Preserved by wisdom
Understanding » What to call understanding
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Interlinear
Biynah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 7:4
Prayers for Proverbs 7:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning Against The Strange Woman
3 Bind them upon thy fingers. Write them upon the tablet of thy heart. 4 Say to wisdom, Thou are my sister, and call understanding [thy] kinswoman, 5 that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
Cross References
Job 17:14
if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,
Proverbs 2:2-4
so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding,
Proverbs 4:6-8
Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.
Song of Songs 8:1
Oh that thou were as my brother, who sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee. Yes, and none would despise me.
Matthew 12:49-50
And having stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Behold, my mother and my brothers.
Luke 11:27-28
And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled.