Proverbs 2:3
New International Version
indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

New Living Translation
Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.

English Standard Version
yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

Berean Standard Bible
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

King James Bible
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

New King James Version
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,

New American Standard Bible
For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;

NASB 1995
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;

NASB 1977
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;

Legacy Standard Bible
For if you call out for understanding, Give your voice for discernment;

Amplified Bible
Yes, if you cry out for insight, And lift up your voice for understanding;

Christian Standard Bible
furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

American Standard Version
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And call to understanding and lift up your voice to intelligence

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding;

Contemporary English Version
Beg as loud as you can for good common sense.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

English Revised Version
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding,

Good News Translation
Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight.

International Standard Version
if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Yea, if thou call for understanding, And lift up thy voice for discernment;

Literal Standard Version
For if you call for intelligence, | [And] give forth your voice for intelligence,

Majority Standard Bible
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

New American Bible
Yes, if you call for intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice;

NET Bible
indeed, if you call out for discernment--raise your voice for understanding--

New Revised Standard Version
if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding;

New Heart English Bible
Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

World English Bible
yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

Young's Literal Translation
For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Benefits of Wisdom
2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, 3if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, 4if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,…

Cross References
1 Kings 3:9
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"

Proverbs 2:2
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,


Treasury of Scripture

Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

if

Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

1 Kings 3:9-12
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? …

liftest up thy voice

Jump to Previous
Aloud Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Good Insight Intelligence Lift Raise Request Sense Understanding Voice
Jump to Next
Aloud Criest Cry Crying Discernment Forth Givest Good Insight Intelligence Lift Raise Request Sense Understanding Voice
Proverbs 2
1. wisdom promises godliness to her children
10. and safety from evil company
20. and direction in good ways














Verse 3. - Yea, if thou criest after knowledge. The endeavour after Wisdom is not only to be sincere, it is also to be earnest, as appears from the "yea, if," and the verbs "crying" and "lifting up the voice," both of which frequently occur in Scripture as indicating earnestness. This earnestness is the counterpart of that which Wisdom herself displays (see Proverbs 1:20, 21). Knowledge; i.e. insight. In the original there is practically little difference between "knowledge" and "understanding" (בִּינָה and תְּבוּנָה). They carry on the idea expressed in "understanding" in the preceding verse, and thus throw the emphasis on the verbs. The LXX. and Vulgate, however, take "knowledge" as equivalent to σοφία, sapientia, "wisdom." The reading of the Targum, "If thou tallest understanding thy mother," arises from reading אִם for אֵם, but is not to be preferred to the Masoretic text, as it destroys the parallelism.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
if you
אִ֣ם (’im)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

truly
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

call out
תִקְרָ֑א (ṯiq·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

to insight
לַבִּינָ֣ה (lab·bî·nāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 998: An understanding

and lift
תִּתֵּ֥ן (tit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

your voice
קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ (qō·w·le·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

to understanding,
לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה (lat·tə·ḇū·nāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice


Links
Proverbs 2:3 NIV
Proverbs 2:3 NLT
Proverbs 2:3 ESV
Proverbs 2:3 NASB
Proverbs 2:3 KJV

Proverbs 2:3 BibleApps.com
Proverbs 2:3 Biblia Paralela
Proverbs 2:3 Chinese Bible
Proverbs 2:3 French Bible
Proverbs 2:3 Catholic Bible

OT Poetry: Proverbs 2:3 Yes if you call out for discernment (Prov. Pro Pr)
Proverbs 2:2
Top of Page
Top of Page