Proverbs 24:14 Parallel Translations

The knowledge of wisdom is like that for your soul. If you find it, then there is a future, and your hope will never be cut off.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

ASV:

So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.

BBE:

So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

DBY:

so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

ERV:

So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul: if thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

JPS:

So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; if thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

WBS:

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

WEB:

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

YLT:

So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

Proverbs 24:14 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

Proverbs 23:18 Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

24:14 A reward - It is not only sweet for the present, but brings a sure and everlasting reward.

MHC:

24:1,2 Envy not sinners. And let not a desire ever come into thy mind, Oh that I could shake off restraints! 3-6. Piety and prudence in outward affairs, both go together to complete a wise man. By knowledge the soul is filled with the graces and comforts of the spirit, those precious and pleasant riches. The spirit is strengthened for the spiritual work and the spiritual warfare, by true wisdom. 7-9. A weak man thinks wisdom is too high for him, therefore he will take no pains for it. It is bad to do evil, but worse to devise it. Even the first risings of sin in the heart are sin, and must be repented of. Those that strive to make others hateful, make themselves so. 10. Under troubles we are apt to despair of relief. But be of good courage, and God shall strengthen thy heart. 11,12. If a man know that his neighbour is in danger by any unjust proceeding, he is bound to do all in his power to deliver him. And what is it to suffer immortal souls to perish, when our persuasions and example may be the means of preventing it? 13,14. We are quickened to the study of wisdom by considering both the pleasure and the profit of it. All men relish things that are sweet to the palate; but many have no relish for the things that are sweet to the purified soul, and that make us wise unto salvation. 15,16. The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.

CONC:

Consider Cut Desire Expectation Future Hast Hope Posterity Result Reward Soul Sweet Thus Wisdom

Consider Cut Desire Expectation Find Found Future Hope Posterity Result Reward Soul Sweet Wisdom

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