Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Proverbs 7:4 in other translations
| BSB | Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman, |
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| WEB | Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative, |
| ASV | Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman: |
| YLT | Say to wisdom, ‘My sister Thou art.' And cry to understanding, ‘Kinswoman!' |
| DARBY | Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman: |
| BBE | Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend: |
| Webster | Say to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: |
What does Proverbs 7:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 7:1-4
Pr 7:1-27. The subject continued, by a delineation of the arts of strange women, as a caution to the unwary. 1-4. Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 7:1-5
We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and you shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them. Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and too precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Let the word of God dwell in us, and so be written where it will be always at hand to be…
Proverbs 7:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 7:4
- Proverbs 2:2-4
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- Proverbs 4:6-8
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
- Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
- Song of Solomon 8:1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
- Matthew 12:49-50
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
- Luke 11:27-28
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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Context
- Proverbs 7:3
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
- Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
- Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Proverbs 7:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Di á la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana; y á la inteligencia llama parienta: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Dis à la sagesse: Tu es ma sœur! et appelle l’intelligence ton amie; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sprich zur Weisheit: Du bist meine Schwester! und nenne den Verstand deinen Verwandten; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dic sapientiæ: Soror mea es, et prudentiam voca amicam tuam: |