Come together and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel:
Proverbs 4:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Listen, sons, to a father’s discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HEAR, MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters]. American Standard Version (1901) Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: Common English Bible Hear, children, fatherly instruction; pay attention to gain understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence. |
Come together and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel:
For learning wisdom and discipline; for understanding insightful sayings;
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
A wise son responds to his father’s discipline, but a mocker doesn’t listen to rebuke.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life. ,
Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom; listen closely to my understanding
Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’ and call understanding your relative.
We have obeyed Jonadab, son of our ancestor Rechab, in all he commanded us. So we haven’t drunk wine our whole life #– #we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters.
For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.