and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions;
Proverbs 5:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor submitted and consented to those who instructed me. American Standard Version (1901) Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! Common English Bible I didn’t listen to the voice of my instructor. I didn’t obey my teacher. Catholic Public Domain Version And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters? |
and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions;
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
I was well nigh in all evil In the midst of the congregation and assembly.
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:
Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
Remember them that had the rule over you, which spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.