Proverbs 4:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.

New Living Translation
Get wisdom; develop good judgment. Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.

English Standard Version
Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

Berean Study Bible
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

New American Standard Bible
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

NASB 1995
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

NASB 1977
Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Amplified Bible
“Get [skillful and godly] wisdom! Acquire understanding [actively seek spiritual discernment, mature comprehension, and logical interpretation]! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Christian Standard Bible
Get wisdom, get understanding; don’t forget or turn away from the words from my mouth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Get wisdom, get understanding; don't forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

Contemporary English Version
Be wise and learn good sense; remember my teachings and do what I say.

Good News Translation
Get wisdom and insight! Do not forget or ignore what I say.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding. Do not forget. Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.

International Standard Version
Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget or turn aside from the words of my mouth!

NET Bible
Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

New King James Version
Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

King James 2000 Bible
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.

New Heart English Bible
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Do not forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

World English Bible
Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

American King James Version
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

American Standard Version
Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

A Faithful Version
Get wisdom; get understanding; forget it not, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

Darby Bible Translation
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

English Revised Version
Get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not, neither decline from the words of my mouth:

Webster's Bible Translation
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Get the wysdome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Get wisdom, get understanding, "" Do not forget, nor turn away "" From the sayings of my mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

Smith's Literal Translation
Obtain wisdom, obtain understanding: thou shalt not forget, and thou shalt not decline from the words of my mouth.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Obtain wisdom, obtain prudence. May you neither forget, nor turn away from, the words of my mouth.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Get wisdom and get understanding, and do not turn aside from the sayings of my mouth.

Lamsa Bible
Get wisdom, get understanding; and turn not aside from the words of my mouth.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
















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