Proverbs 1:8
Modern Translations
New International Version
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

New Living Translation
My child, listen when your father corrects you. Don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.

English Standard Version
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching,

Berean Study Bible
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

New American Standard Bible
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, And do not ignore your mother’s teaching;

NASB 1995
Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

NASB 1977
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;

Amplified Bible
My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not reject the teaching of your mother.

Christian Standard Bible
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching,

Contemporary English Version
My child, obey the teachings of your parents,

Good News Translation
My child, pay attention to what your father and mother tell you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My son, listen to your father's discipline, and do not neglect your mother's teachings,

International Standard Version
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching.

NET Bible
Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

New King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;

King James 2000 Bible
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:

New Heart English Bible
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching:

World English Bible
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:

American King James Version
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:

American Standard Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

A Faithful Version
My son, hear the instruction of your father and forsake not the law of your mother,

Darby Bible Translation
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

English Revised Version
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Webster's Bible Translation
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, "" And do not leave the law of your mother,

Young's Literal Translation
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

Smith's Literal Translation
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and thou shalt not reject the law of thy mother:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother :

Catholic Public Domain Version
Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Hear, my son, the law of your father and do not forget the law of your mother.

Lamsa Bible
Hear, my son, the ordinance of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.
















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