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Proverbs 4:10–11

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4:10Listen, my child,20 and accept my words,

so that21 the years of your life will be many.22

4:11I will guide you23 in the way of wisdom

and I will lead you in upright paths.24

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Footnotes

  1. 20 Heb “my son” (likewise in v. 20).
  2. 21 The vav prefixed to the imperfect verb follows an imperative; this volitive sequence depicts purpose/result.
  3. 22 Heb “and the years of life will be many for you.”
  4. 23 The form הֹרֵתִיךָ (horetikha) is the Hiphil perfect with a suffix from the root יָרָה (yarah, “to guide”). This and the parallel verb should be taken as instantaneous perfects, translated as an English present tense: The sage is now instructing or pointing the way. The verb יָרָה (yarah) means “to teach; to instruct; to guide.” This is from the same root as the Hebrew word for “law” (torah). See G. R. Driver, “Hebrew Notes,” 1 (1951): 241–50; and J. L. Crenshaw, “The Acquisition of Knowledge in Israelite Wisdom Literature,” 7 (1986): 9.
  5. 24 Heb “in the tracks of uprightness”; cf. “on straightforward paths.” Both the verb and the object of the preposition make use of the idiom—the verb is the Hiphil perfect from דֶּרֶךְ (derekh, related to “road; way”) and the object is “wagon tracks, paths.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Hear, my son, and accept my words,

that the years of your life may be many.

I have taught you the way of wisdom;

I have led you in the paths of uprightness.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Listen, my son, accept what I say,

and the years of your life will be many.

I instruct you in the way of wisdom

and lead you along straight paths.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Listen, my son. Accept my words,

and you will live many years.

I am teaching you the way of wisdom;

I am guiding you on straight paths.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

My child, listen to me and do as I say,

and you will have a long, good life.

I will teach you wisdom’s ways

and lead you in straight paths.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Listen, my child, take my sayings,

and the years of your life shall be great.

In the way of wisdom I have instructed you;

I have led you in the path of uprightness.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;

And the years of thy life shall be many.

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;

I have led thee in right paths.

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