New International Version Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. New Living Translation In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, you will have a bright future, and your hopes will not be cut short. English Standard Version Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Berean Standard Bible Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. Berean Literal Bible Know that wisdom is thus to your soul; if you have found it, then there is a posterity, and your hope will not be cut off. King James Bible So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. New King James Version So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a prospect, And your hope will not be cut off. New American Standard Bible Know that wisdom is the same for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. NASB 1995 Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. NASB 1977 Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Legacy Standard Bible Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. Amplified Bible Know that [skillful and godly] wisdom is [so very good] for your life and soul; If you find wisdom, then there will be a future and a reward, And your hope and expectation will not be cut off. Berean Annotated Bible Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. Christian Standard Bible realize that wisdom is the same for you. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will never fade. Holman Christian Standard Bible realize that wisdom is the same for you. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will never fade. American Standard Version So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off. Contemporary English Version Wisdom is like honey for your life--if you find it, your future is bright. English Revised Version So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul: if thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off. GOD'S WORD® Translation The knowledge of wisdom is like that for your soul. If you find it, then there is a future, and your hope will never be cut off. Good News Translation you may be sure that wisdom is good for the soul. Get wisdom and you have a bright future. International Standard Version Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short. NET Bible Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off. New Heart English Bible Likewise, know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, and your hope will not be cut off. Webster's Bible Translation So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleKnow therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. World English Bible so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSo [is] the knowledge of wisdom to your soul, "" If you have found that there is a posterity "" And your hope is not cut off. Berean Literal Bible Know that wisdom is thus to your soul; if you have found it, then there is a posterity, and your hope will not be cut off. Young's Literal Translation So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off. Smith's Literal Translation So the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul if thou shalt find: and there is a latter state and thine expectation shall not be cut off. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSo also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish. Catholic Public Domain Version So, too, is the doctrine of wisdom to your soul. When you have found it, you will have hope in the end, and your hope shall not perish. New American Bible Such, you must know, is wisdom to your soul. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off. New Revised Standard Version Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, you will find a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThus shall wisdom find your soul; and you will have good prospects, and your hope shall not be cut off. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated So also you will find wisdom to your soul, and it will be the end to you, and your hope will not be cut off. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, And thy hope shall not be cut off. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Do not Envy…13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. 14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.… Cross References Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Psalm 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth! Psalm 19:10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. If you find it, there is a future for you, Proverbs 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD. Psalm 37:37 Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. and your hope will never be cut off. Proverbs 23:18 For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Psalm 9:18 For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed. 1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere. Colossians 2:3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Job 28:28 And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’” Proverbs 2:1-6 My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, / if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, / if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, … 1 Corinthians 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Proverbs 3:13-18 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, / for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold. / She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her. … Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field. Treasury of Scripture So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off. shall be Proverbs 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. Psalm 19:10,11 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb… |