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Proverbs 8:32-34
New English Translation
Proverbs 8:32-34
New English Translation
32 “So now, children,[a] listen to me;
blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen to my instruction[b] so that you may be wise,[c]
and do not neglect it.
34 Blessed is the one[d] who listens to me,
watching[e] at my doors day by day,
waiting[f] beside my doorway.[g]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:32 tn Heb “sons.”
- Proverbs 8:33 tn Heb “discipline.”
- Proverbs 8:33 tn The construction uses two imperatives joined with the vav (ו); this is a volitive sequence in which result or consequence is being expressed.
- Proverbs 8:34 tn Heb “the man.”
- Proverbs 8:34 tn The form לִשְׁקֹד (lishqod) is the infinitive construct serving epexegetically in the sentence. It explains how the person will listen to wisdom.
- Proverbs 8:34 tn Heb “keeping” or “guarding.”
- Proverbs 8:34 tn Heb “at the posts of my doors” (so KJV, ASV).
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