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Proverbs 2:3
Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
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Christian Standard Bible®
furthermore, if you call out to insightand lift your voice to understanding,
furthermore, if you call out to insightand lift your voice to understanding,
Hebrew Names Version
Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
King James Version
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
English Standard Version
yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
New Century Version
Cry out for wisdom, and beg for understanding.
Cry out for wisdom, and beg for understanding.
New English Translation
indeed, if you call out for discernment— raise your voice for understanding—
indeed, if you call out for discernment— raise your voice for understanding—
Amplified Bible
Yes, if you cry out for insight, And lift up your voice for understanding;
Yes, if you cry out for insight, And lift up your voice for understanding;
New American Standard Bible
For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;
For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;
World English Bible
Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
Geneva Bible (1587)
(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:
Legacy Standard Bible
For if you call out for understanding,Give your voice for discernment;
For if you call out for understanding,Give your voice for discernment;
Berean Standard Bible
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
Contemporary English Version
Beg as loud as you can for good common sense.
Beg as loud as you can for good common sense.
Complete Jewish Bible
yes, if you will call for insight and raise your voice for discernment,
yes, if you will call for insight and raise your voice for discernment,
Darby Translation
yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
Easy-to-Read Version
Ask for good judgment. Cry out for understanding.
Ask for good judgment. Cry out for understanding.
George Lamsa Translation
Yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice to understanding,
Yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice to understanding,
Good News Translation
Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight.
Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight.
Lexham English Bible
For if you cry out for understanding, if you lift your voice for insight,
For if you cry out for understanding, if you lift your voice for insight,
Literal Translation
For if you cry for discernment, lifting up your voice for understanding;
For if you cry for discernment, lifting up your voice for understanding;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege:
For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege:
American Standard Version
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
King James Version (1611)
Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:
Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, and liftest vp thy voyce for vnderstanding:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:
For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding;
For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding;
English Revised Version
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;
For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;
Update Bible Version
Yes, if you cry after discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
Yes, if you cry after discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;
New King James Version
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,
New Living Translation
Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.
New Life Bible
If you cry out to know right from wrong, and lift your voice for understanding;
If you cry out to know right from wrong, and lift your voice for understanding;
New Revised Standard
if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding;
if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:
Revised Standard Version
yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
Young's Literal Translation
For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;
Contextual Overview
1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind; 2 So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge; 3 Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; 4 If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth; 5 Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason: 7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil; 8 He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him. 9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
if: Proverbs 3:6, Proverbs 8:17, 1 Kings 3:9-12, 1 Chronicles 22:12, Psalms 25:4, Psalms 25:5, Psalms 119:34, Psalms 119:73, Psalms 119:125, Psalms 119:169, Luke 11:13, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, James 1:5
liftest up thy voice: Heb. givest thy voice
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:1 - concerning Job 5:27 - we have searched Proverbs 8:34 - watching John 7:28 - whom Acts 10:2 - and prayed Philippians 3:15 - God 2 Timothy 2:7 - and
Cross-References
Genesis 2:2
And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
And on the seventh day God came to the end of all his work; and on the seventh day he took his rest from all the work which he had done.
Genesis 2:3
And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
And God gave his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy: because on that day he took his rest from all the work which he had made and done.
Genesis 2:4
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.
Genesis 2:7
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.
Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
And the Lord God made a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had made.
Genesis 2:10
And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.
And a river went out of Eden giving water to the garden; and from there it was parted and became four streams.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Genesis 2:13
And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: this river goes round all the land of Cush.
Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
And the name of the third river is Tigris, which goes to the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge,.... Of God, Christ, and the Gospel; not only bow the ear and bend the mind to these things, but importunately and fervently pray for them; not only attend the ministry of the word by men, but cry to God to give the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of divine and spiritual things; which supposes some sense of a want of it, an hearty desire for it, having some apprehension of the worth and value of it; and that it is to be had, as there is indeed great reason to hope for and expect it, James 1:5;
[and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; for Christ, who is understanding as well as wisdom, Proverbs 8:14; or rather for an understanding of the Gospel and the mysteries of it, which men do not naturally understand; and for which there must be an understanding given, or the eyes of the understanding must be enlightened; or Christ, by his spirit and grace, must open the understanding, that it may understand these things; which is granted to those who lift up their voice in prayer for it.
