Saying 1
Proverbs 22:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,Or written for you excellent sayings or written for you three times
- KJV
- Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
- WEB
- Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
- ASV
- Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
- LSV
- Have I not written to you three times || With counsels and knowledge?
- YLT
- Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?
- DBY
- Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
- DRC
- Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
- GNV
- Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
- JPS
- Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;
- LXXE
- And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge.
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- Written (Ketiv): שִׁלְשׁוֹם (“three days ago”). Read aloud (Qere): שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים (“officers”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads שָׁלִשִׁ֑ום; read aloud (Qere) reads שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים (“officers”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֲלֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי לְ֭ךָ שלשום בְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָדָֽעַת׃Read aloud as (qere): שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ σὺ δὲ ἀπόγραψαι αὐτὰ σεαυτῷ τρισσῶς, εἰς βουλὴν καὶ γνῶσιν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
- 2 Peter 1:19–21We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above…
- 2 Timothy 3:15–17From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction,…
- Psalms 12:6The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
- Hosea 8:12Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
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