Proverbs 2:17

In 11 translations

BSB

who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

KJV

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

WEB

who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;

ASV

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

LSV

Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, || And has forgotten the covenant of her God.

YLT

Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

DBY

who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;Elohim

DRC

And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

GNV

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

JPS

That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

LXXE

of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.

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WLC

הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃

LXX-Br

Ἡ ἀπολιποῦσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος, καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη.

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• Ezekiel 16:59–60For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant. But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth,…
• Jeremiah 3:4Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
• Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares…
• Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
• Malachi 2:14–16Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Has not the LORD made…

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