Modern Translations New International VersionHold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life. New Living Translation Take hold of my instructions; don’t let them go. Guard them, for they are the key to life. English Standard Version Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. Berean Study Bible Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life. New American Standard Bible Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. NASB 1995 Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. NASB 1977 Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. Amplified Bible Take hold of instruction; [actively seek it, grip it firmly and] do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. Christian Standard Bible Hold on to instruction; don’t let go. Guard it, for it is your life. Holman Christian Standard Bible Hold on to instruction; don't let go. Guard it, for it is your life. Contemporary English Version Hold firmly to my teaching and never let go. It will mean life for you. Good News Translation Always remember what you have learned. Your education is your life--guard it well. GOD'S WORD® Translation Cling to discipline. Do not relax your grip on it. Keep it because it is your life. International Standard Version Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life! NET Bible Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life. Classic Translations King James BibleTake fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. New King James Version Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; Keep her, for she is your life. King James 2000 Bible Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life. New Heart English Bible Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. World English Bible Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life. American King James Version Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life. American Standard Version Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life. A Faithful Version Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; keep her, for she is your life. Darby Bible Translation Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life. English Revised Version Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Webster's Bible Translation Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life. Bishops' Bible of 1568 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life. Coverdale Bible of 1535 Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLay hold on instruction, do not desist, "" Keep her, for she [is] your life. Young's Literal Translation Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life. Smith's Literal Translation Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleTake hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life. Catholic Public Domain Version Take hold of discipline. Do not dismiss it. Guard it, for it is your life. Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedHold my instruction fast and do not forsake her; keep her because she is your life. Lamsa Bible Take fast hold of my instruction, and do not forsake her; keep her, for she is your life. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go; Keep her, for she is thy life. Brenton Septuagint Translation Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, - but keep it for thyself for thy life.     |