Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, New Living Translation Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. English Standard Version yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, Berean Standard Bible if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, King James Bible Yea, 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, New American Standard Bible For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding; NASB 1995 For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; NASB 1977 For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; Legacy Standard Bible For if you call out for understanding, Give your voice for discernment; Amplified Bible Yes, if you cry out for insight, And lift up your voice for understanding; Christian Standard Bible furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, Holman Christian Standard Bible furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, American Standard Version Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And call to understanding and lift up your voice to intelligence Brenton Septuagint Translation For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding; Contemporary English Version Beg as loud as you can for good common sense. Douay-Rheims Bible For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: English Revised Version Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding; GOD'S WORD® Translation if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding, Good News Translation Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight. International Standard Version if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, JPS Tanakh 1917 Yea, if thou call for understanding, And lift up thy voice for discernment; Literal Standard Version For if you call for intelligence, | [And] give forth your voice for intelligence, Majority Standard Bible if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, New American Bible Yes, if you call for intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice; NET Bible indeed, if you call out for discernment--raise your voice for understanding-- New Revised Standard Version if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding; New Heart English Bible Yes, if you call out for 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; World English Bible yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding; Young's Literal Translation For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Benefits of Wisdom…2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, 3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, 4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,… Cross References 1 Kings 3:9 Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?" Proverbs 2:2 if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, Proverbs 2:4 if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure, Treasury of Scripture Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; if Proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. 1 Kings 3:9-12 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? … liftest up thy voice Jump to Previous Aloud Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Good Insight Intelligence Lift Raise Request Sense Understanding VoiceJump to Next Aloud Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Good Insight Intelligence Lift Raise Request Sense Understanding VoiceProverbs 2 1. wisdom promises godliness to her children10. and safety from evil company 20. and direction in good ways Verse 3. - Yea, if thou criest after knowledge. The endeavour after Wisdom is not only to be sincere, it is also to be earnest, as appears from the "yea, if," and the verbs "crying" and "lifting up the voice," both of which frequently occur in Scripture as indicating earnestness. This earnestness is the counterpart of that which Wisdom herself displays (see Proverbs 1:20, 21). Knowledge; i.e. insight. In the original there is practically little difference between "knowledge" and "understanding" (בִּינָה and תְּבוּנָה). They carry on the idea expressed in "understanding" in the preceding verse, and thus throw the emphasis on the verbs. The LXX. and Vulgate, however, take "knowledge" as equivalent to σοφία, sapientia, "wisdom." The reading of the Targum, "If thou tallest understanding thy mother," arises from reading אִם for אֵם, but is not to be preferred to the Masoretic text, as it destroys the parallelism. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew if youאִ֣ם (’im) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not truly כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction call out תִקְרָ֑א (ṯiq·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read to insight לַבִּינָ֣ה (lab·bî·nāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 998: An understanding and lift תִּתֵּ֥ן (tit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set your voice קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ (qō·w·le·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound to understanding, לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה (lat·tə·ḇū·nāh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice Links Proverbs 2:3 NIVProverbs 2:3 NLT Proverbs 2:3 ESV Proverbs 2:3 NASB Proverbs 2:3 KJV Proverbs 2:3 BibleApps.com Proverbs 2:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 2:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 2:3 French Bible Proverbs 2:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:3 Yes if you call out for discernment (Prov. 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