Proverbs 2:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

New Living Translation
Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.

English Standard Version
yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

Berean Study Bible
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

New American Standard Bible
For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;

NASB 1995
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;

NASB 1977
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;

Amplified Bible
Yes, if you cry out for insight, And lift up your voice for understanding;

Christian Standard Bible
furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

Contemporary English Version
Beg as loud as you can for good common sense.

Good News Translation
Yes, beg for knowledge; plead for insight.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding,

International Standard Version
if, indeed, you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,

NET Bible
indeed, if you call out for discernment--raise your voice for understanding--
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

New King James Version
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,

King James 2000 Bible
Yea, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

New Heart English Bible
Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

World English Bible
Yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

American King James Version
Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding;

American Standard Version
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding;

A Faithful Version
Yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding;

Darby Bible Translation
yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;

English Revised Version
Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding;

Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For yf thou criest after wysdome, & callest for knowlege:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For if you call for intelligence, "" [And] give forth your voice for intelligence,

Young's Literal Translation
For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,

Smith's Literal Translation
For if thou will call to understanding, wilt give thy voice to understanding.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For if thou shalt call for wisdom, and incline thy heart to prudence:

Catholic Public Domain Version
For if you would call upon wisdom and bend your heart to prudence,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And call to understanding and lift up your voice to intelligence

Lamsa Bible
Yea, if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice to understanding,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Yea, if thou call for understanding, And lift up thy voice for discernment;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding;
















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