Proverbs 1:6

In 11 translations

BSB

by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

KJV

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech

WEB

to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.

ASV

To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

LSV

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, || Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

YLT

For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

DBY

to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

DRC

He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

GNV

To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

JPS

To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

LXXE

and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the sayings of the wise also, and riddles.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

לְהָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּמְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Νοήσει τε παραβολὴν καὶ σκοτεινὸν λόγον, ῥήσεις τε σοφῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
• Mark 4:11He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
• Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
• Acts 8:30–31So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
• Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
• Mark 4:34He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.
• Matthew 13:34–35Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter…
• Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
• Matthew 13:10–17Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be…
• 2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their…
• Matthew 13:51–52Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered. Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new…
• Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

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