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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Proverbs 6:21
Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;
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Christian Standard Bible®
Always bind them to your heart;tie them around your neck.
Always bind them to your heart;tie them around your neck.
Hebrew Names Version
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
King James Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
English Standard Version
Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
New Century Version
Keep their words in mind forever as though you had them tied around your neck.
Keep their words in mind forever as though you had them tied around your neck.
New English Translation
Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
Amplified Bible
Bind them continually upon your heart (in your thoughts), And tie them around your neck.
Bind them continually upon your heart (in your thoughts), And tie them around your neck.
New American Standard Bible
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
World English Bible
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.
Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.
Legacy Standard Bible
Bind them continually on your heart;Tie them around your neck.
Bind them continually on your heart;Tie them around your neck.
Berean Standard Bible
Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
Contemporary English Version
always keep it in mind and never forget it.
always keep it in mind and never forget it.
Complete Jewish Bible
Bind them always on your heart, tie them around your neck.
Bind them always on your heart, tie them around your neck.
Darby Translation
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Easy-to-Read Version
Remember their words always. Tie them around your neck and keep them over your heart.
Remember their words always. Tie them around your neck and keep them over your heart.
George Lamsa Translation
Impress them firmly on your heart and tie them about your neck.
Impress them firmly on your heart and tie them about your neck.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
Bind them on your heart continually; tie them upon your neck.
Bind them on your heart continually; tie them upon your neck.
Literal Translation
Bind them to your heart forever; tie them around your neck.
Bind them to your heart forever; tie them around your neck.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Put the vp together in thine herte, and bynde the aboute thy necke.
Put the vp together in thine herte, and bynde the aboute thy necke.
American Standard Version
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Bible in Basic English
Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.
Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.
King James Version (1611)
Binde them continually vpon thine heart, and tie them about thy necke.
Binde them continually vpon thine heart, and tie them about thy necke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke.
Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.
but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.
English Revised Version
Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.
Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bynde thou tho continueli in thin herte; and cumpasse `to thi throte.
Bynde thou tho continueli in thin herte; and cumpasse `to thi throte.
Update Bible Version
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them about your neck.
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them about your neck.
Webster's Bible Translation
Bind them continually upon thy heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
Bind them continually upon thy heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
New King James Version
Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.
Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.
New Living Translation
Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck.
New Life Bible
Hold them always to your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Hold them always to your heart. Tie them around your neck.
New Revised Standard
Bind them upon your heart always; tie them around your neck.
Bind them upon your heart always; tie them around your neck.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
Revised Standard Version
Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.
Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.
Young's Literal Translation
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
Contextual Overview
20 Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother: 21 Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck; 22 When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee: 23 For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction: 24 To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger. 25 Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes; 26 Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt! 27 Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned? 28 Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned? 29 So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 4:6, Proverbs 4:21, Proverbs 7:3, Proverbs 7:4, Exodus 13:16, Deuteronomy 6:8, 2 Corinthians 3:3
Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:3 - fear Proverbs 1:9 - they Proverbs 2:1 - hide Proverbs 4:20 - General Matthew 23:5 - they make 1 Thessalonians 5:21 - hold
Cross-References
Job 38:41
Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment, - when his young ones - unto GOD - cry out, when they wander for lack of food?
Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment, - when his young ones - unto GOD - cry out, when they wander for lack of food?
Job 40:20
Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play;
Surely the mountains bring, produce, to him, where, all the wild beasts of the field, do play;
Psalms 35:6
Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.
Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.
Psalms 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Who giveth food to all flesh, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Psalms 145:16
Thou, openest thy hand, and fillest every living thing with gladness.
Thou, openest thy hand, and fillest every living thing with gladness.
Psalms 147:9
Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.
Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry.
Matthew 6:26
Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, - that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?
Observe intently, the birds of the heaven, - that they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet, your heavenly Father, feedeth, them: Are no, ye, much better than, they?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Bind them continually upon thine heart,.... Not upon the head or arm, as the words of the law were to be bound, Deuteronomy 6:3; to which there seems to be an allusion; and which may confirm the sense of the words given, that this respects the law of God itself, and the precepts of it, instructed in by parents; but they should be bound upon the heart, and have an abiding place in the understanding, affections, memory, and will;
[and] tie them about thy neck; as an ornament, instead of a necklace of pearl, or chains of gold; they should be so far from being thought burdensome and troublesome, that they should be reckoned comely and graceful; see Proverbs 1:9.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The thought of Proverbs 3:3 is carried step further. No outward charm, but the law of obedience, shall give safety to the traveler, when he sleeps or when he wakes.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 6:21. Bind them continually upon thine heart — See on Proverbs 3:3. And see a similar command, to which this is an allusion, Deuteronomy 6:6-8.
