Verse 4
Proverbs 2:4
Young's Literal Translation
4
If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥/נָּה כַ/כָּ֑סֶף וְֽ/כַ/מַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂ/נָּה
English Translation
If you seek silver and search for hidden treasures.
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Chapter 2 Context
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My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
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To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
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For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
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If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
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Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God (Elohim) thou findest.
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For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
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Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
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To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
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Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.
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For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
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Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
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To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
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Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
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Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
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Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
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To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
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Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God (Elohim) hath forgotten.
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For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
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None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
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That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
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For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
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And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
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