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Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 7:4
Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'
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Christian Standard Bible®
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”and call understanding your relative.
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”and call understanding your relative.
Hebrew Names Version
Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
King James Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
English Standard Version
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
New Century Version
Treat wisdom as a sister, and make understanding your closest friend.
Treat wisdom as a sister, and make understanding your closest friend.
New English Translation
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative,
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative,
Amplified Bible
Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, "You are my sister," And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;
Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, "You are my sister," And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;
New American Standard Bible
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend,
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend,
World English Bible
Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
Tell wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your relative,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
Say vnto wisedome, Thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinswoman,
Legacy Standard Bible
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"And call understanding your intimate friend;
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"And call understanding your intimate friend;
Berean Standard Bible
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman,
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman,
Contemporary English Version
Let wisdom be your sister and make common sense your closest friend.
Let wisdom be your sister and make common sense your closest friend.
Complete Jewish Bible
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister"; call understanding your kinswoman;
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister"; call understanding your kinswoman;
Darby Translation
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
Easy-to-Read Version
Treat wisdom like the woman you love and knowledge like the one dearest to you.
Treat wisdom like the woman you love and knowledge like the one dearest to you.
George Lamsa Translation
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and to understanding, You are my counselor
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and to understanding, You are my counselor
Good News Translation
Treat wisdom as your sister, and insight as your closest friend.
Treat wisdom as your sister, and insight as your closest friend.
Lexham English Bible
Say to wisdom, "you are my sister," and you shall call insight, "intimate friend."
Say to wisdom, "you are my sister," and you shall call insight, "intimate friend."
Literal Translation
Say to wisdom, You are my sister, and call understanding your kinsman,
Say to wisdom, You are my sister, and call understanding your kinsman,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Saye vnto wysdome: thou art my sister, and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman:
Saye vnto wysdome: thou art my sister, and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman:
American Standard Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:
Bible in Basic English
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; let knowledge be named your special friend:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;
Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister', and call understanding thy kinswoman;
King James Version (1611)
Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman,
Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman:
Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
English Revised Version
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Seie thou to wisdom, Thou art my sistir; and clepe thou prudence thi frendesse.
Seie thou to wisdom, Thou art my sistir; and clepe thou prudence thi frendesse.
Update Bible Version
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; And call understanding [your] kinswoman:
Say to wisdom, You are my sister; And call understanding [your] kinswoman:
Webster's Bible Translation
Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
New King James Version
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your nearest kin,
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your nearest kin,
New Living Translation
Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.
Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.
New Life Bible
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your special friend.
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister." Call understanding your special friend.
New Revised Standard
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:
Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
Revised Standard Version
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend;
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend;
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend;
Contextual Overview
1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee. 2 Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye. 3 Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart. 4 Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!' 5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Say: Proverbs 2:2-4, Proverbs 4:6-8
Thou: Job 17:14, Song of Solomon 8:1, Matthew 12:49, Matthew 12:50, Luke 11:27, Luke 11:28
Reciprocal: Proverbs 1:2 - General Proverbs 4:1 - attend Proverbs 6:21 - General
Cross-References
Genesis 2:5
and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
Genesis 6:3
And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:7
And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'
And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.'
Genesis 6:13
And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth.
Genesis 6:17
`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which [is] a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that [is] in the earth doth expire.
`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which [is] a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that [is] in the earth doth expire.
Genesis 7:10
And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth.
And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,
Genesis 7:12
and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.
and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:17
And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;
And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth;
Genesis 7:21
and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind;
and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Say unto wisdom, Thou art [my] sister,.... Intimately acquainted, greatly beloved, and highly delighted in: this may be understood both of the Gospel, the wisdom of God in a mystery, which men should be conversant with, be strongly affected to, and take delight and pleasure in; and of Christ, the essential Wisdom of God, and who stands in the relation of a brother to his people, and should be respected as such;
and call understanding [thy] kinswoman; or "kinsman" a; such Christ is in our nature, our "goel", our near kinsman, partaker of the same flesh and blood, and therefore is not ashamed to call us brethren, nor should we be ashamed to call him kinsman: moreover, his Word and Gospel, and the understanding of it, should be familiar to us; it should be well "known" b by us, as the word used signifies, and dwell richly in us.
a מדע "cognatum", Piscator. b "Notam", Montanus, Michaelis.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 7:4. Thou art my sister — Thou art my dearest friend, and I will treat thee as such.
