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Proverbs 8:34

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8:34Blessed is the one60 who listens to me,

watching61 at my doors day by day,

waiting62 beside my doorway.63

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Footnotes

  1. 60 Heb “the man.”
  2. 61 The form לִשְׁקֹד (lishqod) is the infinitive construct serving epexegetically in the sentence. It explains how the person will listen to wisdom.
  3. 62 Heb “keeping” or “guarding.”
  4. 63 Heb “at the posts of my doors” (so , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Blessed is the one who listens to me,

watching daily at my gates,

waiting beside my doors.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Blessed are those who listen to me,

watching daily at my doors,

waiting at my doorway.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Anyone who listens to me is happy,

watching at my doors every day,

waiting by the posts of my doorway.

NLTNew Living Translation

Joyful are those who listen to me,

watching for me daily at my gates,

waiting for me outside my home!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Happy is the person who listens to me,

in order to keep watch at my doors day by day,

in order to guard the frames of my entrances.

KJV 1900King James Version

Blessed is the man that heareth me,

Watching daily at my gates,

Waiting at the posts of my doors.