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Proverbs 6:21-23
Modern English Version
Proverbs 6:21-23
Modern English Version
21 Bind them continually upon your heart,
and tie them around your neck.
22 When you go, they will lead you;
when you sleep, they will keep you;
and when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Proverbs 6:21-23
New International Version
Proverbs 6:21-23
New International Version
21 Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.(A)
22 When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,(B)
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,(C)
Proverbs 6:21-23
King James Version
Proverbs 6:21-23
King James Version
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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Proverbs 6:21-23
New King James Version
Proverbs 6:21-23
New King James Version
21 (A)Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22 (B)When you roam, [a]they will lead you;
When you sleep, (C)they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.
23 (D)For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:22 Lit. it
Proverbs 6:21-23
English Standard Version
Proverbs 6:21-23
English Standard Version
21 (A)Bind them on your heart always;
(B)tie them around your neck.
22 (C)When you walk, they[a] will lead you;
(D)when you lie down, they will (E)watch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.
23 For the commandment is (F)a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the (G)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:22 Hebrew it; three times in this verse
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