Proverbs 2:2New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, [and] apply thy heart to understanding;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— So that thou incline thine eare vnto wisedome, [and] apply thine heart to vnderstanding:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; |
So that thou incline
7181 {7181} Primeקָשַׁבqashab{kaw-shab'}
A primitive root; to prick up the ears, that is, hearken.
z8687 <8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 1162
thine ear
241 {0241} Primeאֹזֶן'ozen{o'-zen}
From H0238; broadness, that is, (concretely) the ear (from its form in man).
unto wisdom,
2451 {2451} Primeחָכְמָהchokmah{khok-maw'}
From H2449; wisdom (in a good sense).
[ and] apply
5186 {5186} Primeנָטָהnatah{naw-taw'}
A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
thine heart
3820 {3820} Primeלֵבleb{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.
to understanding;
8394 {8394} Primeתָּבוּןtabuwn{taw-boon'}
The second and third forms being feminine; from H0995; intelligence; by implication an argument; by extension caprice. |
Proverbs 2:2
_ _ Listen attentively and reflect seriously (Proverbs 1:24; Psalms 130:2).
_ _ understanding — right perception of truth. |
Proverbs 2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply (b) thine heart to understanding;
(b) If you give yourself to the true knowledge of God without hypocrisy. |
- thou:
Proverbs 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Psalms 119:111-112 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart. ... I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.
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.
Matthew 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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- apply:
Proverbs 22:17-21 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. ... That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Proverbs 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Psalms 90:12 So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:
Ecclesiastes 8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also [there is that] neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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