Proverbs 2 - Compare Translations
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Proverbs 2:1
KJVMy son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
WEBMy son, if you will receive my words,
YLTMy son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
Proverbs 2:2
KJVSo that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
WEBSo as to turn your ear to wisdom,
YLTTo cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
Proverbs 2:3
KJVYea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
WEBYes, if you call out for discernment,
YLTFor, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
Proverbs 2:4
KJVIf thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
WEBIf you seek her as silver,
YLTIf thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
Proverbs 2:5
KJVThen shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
WEBthen you will understand the fear of Yahweh,
YLTThen understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
Proverbs 2:6
KJVFor the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
WEBFor Yahweh gives wisdom.
YLTFor Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:7
KJVHe layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
WEBHe lays up sound wisdom for the upright.
YLTEven to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
Proverbs 2:8
KJVHe keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
WEBthat he may guard the paths of justice,
YLTTo keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
Proverbs 2:9
KJVThen shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
WEBThen you will understand righteousness and justice,
YLTThen understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.
Proverbs 2:10
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Proverbs 2:11
KJVDiscretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
WEBDiscretion will watch over you.
YLTThoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
Proverbs 2:12
KJVTo deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
WEBto deliver you from the way of evil,
YLTTo deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
Proverbs 2:13
KJVWho leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
WEBwho forsake the paths of uprightness,
YLTWho are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
Proverbs 2:14
KJVWho rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
WEBwho rejoice to do evil,
YLTWho are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
Proverbs 2:15
KJVWhose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
WEBwho are crooked in their ways,
YLTWhose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
Proverbs 2:16
KJVTo deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
WEBTo deliver you from the strange woman,
YLTTo deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
Proverbs 2:17
KJVWhich forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
WEBwho forsakes the friend of her youth,
YLTWho is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
Proverbs 2:18
KJVFor her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
WEBfor her house leads down to death,
YLTFor her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
Proverbs 2:19
KJVNone that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
WEBNone who go to her return again,
YLTNone going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Proverbs 2:20
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Proverbs 2:21
KJVFor the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
WEBFor the upright will dwell in the land.
YLTFor the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
Proverbs 2:22
KJVBut the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
WEBBut the wicked will be cut off from the land.
YLTAnd the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
22 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT