Proverbs 2:3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:3 in other translations
| BSB | if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, |
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| WEB | yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; |
| ASV | Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; |
| YLT | For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, |
| DARBY | yea, if thou criest after discernment and liftest up thy voice to understanding; |
| BBE | Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; |
| Webster | Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; |
What does Proverbs 2:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 2:1-5
Pr 2:1-22. Men are invited to seek wisdom because it teaches those principles by which they may obtain God's guidance and avoid the society and influence of the wicked, whose pernicious courses are described. 1-5. Diligence in hearing and praying for instruction must be used to secure the great principle of godliness, the fear of God. hide ... with thee--lay up in store (compare Pr 7:1).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 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…
Proverbs 2:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 2:3
- James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
- Ephesians 1:17-18
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- Psalms 25:4-5
Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
- 1 Kings 3:9-12
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
- Psalms 119:169
ת TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.
- Psalms 119:125
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
- Luke 11:13
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
- 1 Chronicles 22:12
Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.
- Psalms 119:73
י JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
- Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
- Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
- Proverbs 2:3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
- Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Proverbs 2:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | si tu appelles le discernement, si tu adresses ta voix à l’intelligence, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ja, wenn du dem Verstande rufst, deine Stimme erhebst zum Verständnis; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si enim sapientiam invocaveris, et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiæ; |