Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Ya`akov. Listen to Yisra'el, your father.
Proverbs 4:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; 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. 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. |
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Ya`akov. Listen to Yisra'el, your father.
Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and don't forsake your mother's teaching:
A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.
Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
We have obeyed the voice of Yehonadav the son of Rechav, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;
Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.