Proverbs 22:18
ContextNETBible | For it is pleasing if 1 you keep these sayings 2 within you, and 3 they are ready on your lips. 4 |
XREF | Job 32:18,19; Ps 19:10; Ps 119:13,171; Ps 119:103,111,162; Pr 2:10; Pr 3:17; Pr 8:6; Pr 10:13,21; Pr 15:7; Pr 16:21; Pr 24:13,14; Pr 25:11; Jer 15:16; Mal 2:7; Joh 7:38; Heb 13:15 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “when” (so NIV). 2 tn Heb “keep them,” referring to the words of the wise expressed in these sayings. The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. 3 tn The term “and” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation. 4 sn If the teachings are preserved in the heart/mind of the disciple, then that individual will always be ready to speak what was retained. |