Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
Proverbs 4:1 - Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, sons, to the discipline of a father, and pay attention, so that you may know prudence. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence. English Standard Version 2016 Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, |
Gather together and listen, O sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
Unfair witnesses have risen up, interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.
Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,
A wise son is the doctrine of his father. But he who ridicules does not listen when he is reproved.
Listen to counsel and take up discipline, so that you may be wise in your latter days.
Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and incline your ear to my prudence,
Therefore, we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he has commanded us, so that we do not drink wine all our days, we and our wives, our sons and daughters.
For this reason, it is necessary for us to observe more thoroughly the things that we have heard, lest we let them slip away.