Only Jehovah give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of Jehovah thy God.
Proverbs 2:3 - American Standard Version 2015 Yea, if thou cry after discernment,\par\tab And lift up thy voice for understanding; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, And liftest up thy voice for understanding; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, American Standard Version (1901) Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; Common English Bible Call out for insight, and cry aloud for understanding. Catholic Public Domain Version For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence: |
Only Jehovah give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of Jehovah thy God.
I am thy servant; give me understanding,\par\tab That I may know thy testimonies.
{\b TAV.}\par\par\tab Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah:\par\tab Give me understanding according to thy word.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;\par\tab Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
{\b YODH.}\par\par\tab Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:\par\tab Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom,\par\tab And apply thy heart to understanding;
If thou seek her as silver,\par\tab And search for her as for hid treasures:
In all thy ways acknowledge him,\par\tab And he will direct thy paths.
Hear, {\i my} sons, the instruction of a father,\par\tab And attend to know understanding:
I love them that love me;\par\tab And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall {\i your} heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?}\par
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.