Proverbs 7:2
What does Proverbs 7:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 7:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Revelation 22:14
Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
- Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
- John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
- 1 John 2:3
And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.
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