Proverbs 7:4
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,
- KJV
- Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
- WEB
- Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
- ASV
- Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding [thy] kinswoman:
- DARBY
- Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
- BLB
- Say to wisdom, “You [are] my sister,” and call out to understanding, “Kinsman,”
- ÅB
- Si til visdommen: Du er min søster, og kall forstanden din kjenning,
- OTB
- Si til visdommen: «Du er min søster,» og kall innsikten din nære venn,
- B1930
- Si til visdommen: Du er min søster, og kall forstanden din kjenning,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:2–4
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Read in contextProverbs 4:6–8
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Read in contextJob 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Read in contextMatthew 12:49–50
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Read in contextLuke 11:27–28
And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
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