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Proverbs 22:20–21

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20Haven’t I written for you thirty sayingsD

about counsel and knowledge,

21in order to teach you true and reliable words,

so that you may give a dependable reportEr

to those who sent you?s

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Footnotes

  1. DText emended; one tradition reads you previously; tradition reads you excellent things; , , read you three times
  2. E give dependable words

Cross references

  1. rLk 1:3–4
  2. sPr 10:26; 25:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Have I not written for you thirty sayings

of counsel and knowledge,

to make you know what is right and true,

that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Have I not written thirty sayings for you,

sayings of counsel and knowledge,

teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,

so that you bring back truthful reports

to those you serve?

NLTNew Living Translation

I have written thirty sayings for you,

filled with advice and knowledge.

In this way, you may know the truth

and take an accurate report to those who sent you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Have I not written for you thirty sayings

with admonitions and knowledge?

In order to show you what is right—sayings of truth—

in order to return a true saying to him who sent you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Have not I written to thee excellent things

In counsels and knowledge,

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;

That thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?