Proverbs 2:3 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding,(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

ASV:

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

BBE:

Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;

DBY:

yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding;

ERV:

Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;

JPS:

Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;

WBS:

Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

WEB:

Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

YLT:

For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

Proverbs 2:3 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 2:2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:4 If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] {c} liftest up thy voice for understanding;
(c) Meaning that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and diligence.

WES:

2:3 Criest - To God, the only giver of it.

MHC:

2:1-9 Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, Joh 6:27. Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and seek to him for wisdom, he will enable us to keep the paths of judgment.

CONC:

Aloud Callest Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Insight Intelligence Lift Liftest Raise Request Sense Truly Understanding Voice Yea Yes

Aloud Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Good Insight Intelligence Lift Raise Request Sense Understanding Voice

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