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Proverbs 4:20

Context

4:20 My child, pay attention to my words;

listen attentively 1  to my sayings.

Proverbs 5:7

Context

5:7 So now, children, 2  listen to me;

do not turn aside from the words I speak. 3 

Proverbs 7:24

Context

7:24 So now, sons, 4  listen to me,

and pay attention to the words I speak. 5 

Proverbs 8:6

Context

8:6 Listen, for I will speak excellent things, 6 

and my lips will utter 7  what is right.

Proverbs 8:32-33

Context

8:32 “So now, children, 8  listen to me;

blessed are those who keep my ways.

8:33 Listen to my instruction 9  so that you may be wise, 10 

and do not neglect it.

Proverbs 23:19

Context

23:19 Listen, my child, 11  and be wise,

and guide your heart on the right way.

1 tn Heb “incline your ear.” The verb הַט (hat) is the Hiphil imperative from נָטָה (natah, Hiphil: “to turn to; to incline”). The idiom “to incline the ear” gives the picture of “lean over and listen closely.”

sn Commentators note the use of the body in this section: ear (v. 20), eyes (v. 21), flesh (v. 22), heart (v. 23), lips (v. 24), eyes (v. 25), feet (v. 26), and hands and feet (v. 27). Each is a synecdoche of part representing the whole; the total accumulation signifies the complete person in the process.

2 tn Heb “sons.”

3 tn Heb “the words of my mouth” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).

4 tn The literal translation “sons” works well here in view of the warning. Cf. KJV, NAB, NRSV “children.”

5 tn Heb “the words of my mouth.”

6 tn Heb “noble” or “princely.” Wisdom begins the first motivation by claiming to speak noble things, that is, excellent things.

7 tn Heb “opening of my lips” (so KJV, NASB). The noun “lips” is a metonymy of cause, with the organ of speech put for what is said.

8 tn Heb “sons.”

9 tn Heb “discipline.”

10 tn The construction uses two imperatives joined with the vav (ו); this is a volitive sequence in which result or consequence is being expressed.

11 tn Heb “my son,” but the immediate context does not limit this to male children.



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