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Proverbs 7:4

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7:4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”9

and call understanding a close relative,

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Footnotes

  1. 9 The metaphor is meant to signify that the disciple will be closely related to and familiar with wisdom and understanding, as close as to a sibling. Wisdom will be personified in the next two chapters, and so referring to it as a sister in this chapter certainly prepares for that personification.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call insight your intimate friend,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and to insight, “You are my relative.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”

and call understanding your relative.

NLTNew Living Translation

Love wisdom like a sister;

make insight a beloved member of your family.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Say to wisdom, “you are my sister,”

and you shall call insight, “intimate friend.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;

And call understanding thy kinswoman: