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Proverbs 2:11–13

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11nDiscretion oshall preserve thee,

Understanding shall keep thee:

12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,

From the man that speaketh pfroward things;

13Who leave the paths of uprightness,

To qwalk in the ways of darkness;

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Footnotes

  1. nSee ch. 1:4 marg.
  2. och. 6:22 (Heb.).
  3. pDeut. 32:20. ver. 14. ch. 6:14. & 8:13. & 10:31, 32. & 16:28, 30. & 23:33 in the Heb.
  4. qSo Ps. 82:5. Comp. John 3:19, 20.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

discretion will watch over you,

understanding will guard you,

delivering you from the way of evil,

from men of perverted speech,

who forsake the paths of uprightness

to walk in the ways of darkness,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Discretion will protect you,

and understanding will guard you.

Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,

from men whose words are perverse,

who have left the straight paths

to walk in dark ways,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Discretion will watch over you,

and understanding will guard you.

It will rescue you from the way of evil—

from anyone who says perverse things,

from those who abandon the right paths

to walk in ways of darkness,

NLTNew Living Translation

Wise choices will watch over you.

Understanding will keep you safe.

Wisdom will save you from evil people,

from those whose words are twisted.

These men turn from the right way

to walk down dark paths.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Discretion will watch over you;

understanding will protect you,

in order to deliver you from the way of evil,

from a man who speaks devious things—

those who forsake the paths of uprightness

to walk in ways of darkness,