Proverbs 1:5
Parallel Translations


NASB: A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, (NASB ©1995)
GWT: a wise person will listen and continue to learn, and an understanding person will gain direction- (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
ASV: That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
BBE: (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
DBY: He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:
JPS: That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;
WBS: A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
WEB: that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
YLT: (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

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