Proverbs 23:15–16
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23:15My child,26 if your heart is wise,
then my heart also will be glad;
23:16my soul27 will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.28
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- 26 Heb “my son,” although the context does not limit this exhortation to male children.
- 27 Heb “my kidneys”; in biblical Hebrew the term was used for the innermost being, the soul, the central location of the passions. Cf. , “my inmost being.”
- 28 This twelfth saying simply observes that children bring joy to their parents when they demonstrate wisdom. The quatrain is arranged in a chiastic structure (:B’A’): The first line (A) speaks of wisdom in the child, and it is paired with the last line (A’) which speaks of the child’s saying what is right. In between these brackets are two lines (B and B’) concerning joy to the parent.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
My inmost being will exult
when your lips speak what is right.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed;
my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will indeed rejoice.
My innermost being will celebrate
when your lips say what is right.
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NLTNew Living Translation
My child, if your heart is wise,
my own heart will rejoice!
Everything in me will celebrate
when you speak what is right.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
My child, if your heart is wise,
my heart will be glad—even me!
And my insides will rejoice
when your lips speak what is upright.
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KJV 1900King James Version
My son, if thine heart be wise,
My heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
When thy lips speak right things.
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