Proverbs 2 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Darby Translation

Proverbs 2

¹My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

²So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;

³Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

⁴If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

⁵Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.

⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding:

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He isa shield to them that walk in integrity;

⁸That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, And equity, yea, every good path.

¹⁰For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;

¹¹Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

¹²To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

¹³Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

¹⁵Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

¹⁷That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

¹⁸For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

¹⁹None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

²⁰That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

²²But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

Proverbs 2

¹My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,

²so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom [and] thou apply thy heart to understanding;

³yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

⁴if thou seekest her as silver and searchest for her as for hidden treasures:

⁵then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge ofGod.

⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [he] is a shield to them that walk in integrity;

⁸guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of hisgodly ones.

⁹Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment and equity: every good path.

¹⁰When wisdom entereth into thy heart and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

¹¹discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

¹²To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹³[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

¹⁴who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of evil;

¹⁵whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

¹⁶To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;

¹⁷who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of herGod;

¹⁸— for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;

¹⁹none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

²⁰— that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

²¹For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it;

²²but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.