# Proverbs 2 ## Proverbs 2:1 - [KJV] My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; - [ASV] My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; - [YLT] My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:1 - ## Proverbs 2:2 - [KJV] So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, *and* apply thine heart to understanding; - [ASV] So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; - [YLT] To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:2 - ## Proverbs 2:3 - [KJV] Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, *and* liftest up thy voice for understanding; - [ASV] Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; - [YLT] For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:3 - ## Proverbs 2:4 - [KJV] If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as *for* hid treasures; - [ASV] If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures: - [YLT] If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:4 - ## Proverbs 2:5 - [KJV] Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. - [ASV] Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God. - [YLT] Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:5 - ## Proverbs 2:6 - [KJV] For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth *cometh* knowledge and understanding. - [ASV] For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth *cometh* knowledge and understanding: - [YLT] For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:6 - ## Proverbs 2:7 - [KJV] He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: *he is* a buckler to them that walk uprightly. - [ASV] He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; *He is* a shield to them that walk in integrity; - [YLT] Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:7 - ## Proverbs 2:8 - [KJV] He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. - [ASV] That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints. - [YLT] To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:8 - ## Proverbs 2:9 - [KJV] Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; *yea*, every good path. - [ASV] Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, *yea*, every good path. - [YLT] Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:9 - ## Proverbs 2:10 - [KJV] When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; - [ASV] For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; - [YLT] For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:10 - ## Proverbs 2:11 - [KJV] Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: - [ASV] Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee: - [YLT] Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:11 - ## Proverbs 2:12 - [KJV] To deliver thee from the way of the evil *man*, from the man that speaketh froward things; - [ASV] To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things; - [YLT] To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:12 - ## Proverbs 2:13 - [KJV] Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; - [ASV] Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; - [YLT] Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:13 - ## Proverbs 2:14 - [KJV] Who rejoice to do evil, *and* delight in the frowardness of the wicked; - [ASV] Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; - [YLT] Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:14 - ## Proverbs 2:15 - [KJV] Whose ways *are* crooked, and *they* froward in their paths: - [ASV] Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: - [YLT] Whose paths *are* crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:15 - ## Proverbs 2:16 - [KJV] To deliver thee from the strange woman, *even* from the stranger *which* flattereth with her words; - [ASV] To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; - [YLT] To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:16 - ## Proverbs 2:17 - [KJV] Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. - [ASV] That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: - [YLT] Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:17 - ## Proverbs 2:18 - [KJV] For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. - [ASV] For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; - [YLT] For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:18 - ## Proverbs 2:19 - [KJV] None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. - [ASV] None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life: - [YLT] None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:19 - ## Proverbs 2:20 - [KJV] That thou mayest walk in the way of good *men*, and keep the paths of the righteous. - [ASV] That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. - [YLT] That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep. ### Notes on Proverbs 2:20 - ## Proverbs 2:21 - [KJV] For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. - [ASV] For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. - [YLT] For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it, ### Notes on Proverbs 2:21 - ## Proverbs 2:22 - [KJV] But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. - [ASV] But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it. - [YLT] And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it! ### Notes on Proverbs 2:22 -