Proverbs 2:3
What does Proverbs 2:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
- 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?
- Psalms 119:73
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
- Ephesians 1:17
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
- James 1:5
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
- Psalms 119:169
Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
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