Proverbs 31:2
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- 3 The form מַה (mah), normally the interrogative “what?” (so , , , ) is best interpreted here as an exclamation. has “Woe!”
- 4 In all three occurrences in this verse the word “son” has the Aramaic spelling, ַַבּר (bar), rather than the Hebrew בֵּן (ben). The repetition of the word “son” shows the seriousness of the warning; and the expression “son of my womb” and “son of my vows” are endearing epithets to show the great investment she has made in his religious place in God’s program. For a view that “son of my womb” should be “my own son,” see F. Deist, “Proverbs 31:1, A Case of Constant Mistranslation,” 6 (1978): 1–3; cf. “my own dear son.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb?
What are you doing, son of my vows?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!
Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
What should I say, my son?
What, son of my womb?
What, son of my vows?
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NLTNew Living Translation
O my son, O son of my womb,
O son of my vows,
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
What, my son? And what, my son in my womb?
And what, son of my vows?
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KJV 1900King James Version
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb?
And what, the son of my vows?
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