| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | My son, | בְּ֭נִי | be·ni | 1121 | son | a prim. root |
| give attention | הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה | hak·shi·vah; | 7181 | to incline (ears), attend | a prim. root |
| to my words; | לַ֝אֲמָרַ֗י | la·'a·ma·rai | 561 | speech, word | from amar |
| Incline | הַט־ | hat- | 5186 | to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend | a prim. root |
| your ear | אָזְנֶֽךָ׃ | a·ze·ne·cha. | 241 | an ear | from an unused word |
| to my sayings. | | | 561 | speech, word | from amar |
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KJV Lexicon
My son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
attend
qashab (kaw-shab')
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken -- attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
to my words
dabar (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
incline
natah (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
thine ear
'ozen (o'-zen)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) -- + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
unto my sayings
'emer (ay'-mer)
something said -- answer, appointed unto him, saying, speech, word. |
New American Standard (©1995)
My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.King James Bible
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. American King James Version
My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. American Standard Version
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. Darby Bible Translation
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. English Revised Version
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Webster's Bible Translation
My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings. World English Bible
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Young's Literal Translation
My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
fili mi ausculta sermones meos et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam
Attend Attention Attentive Closely Ear Incline Listen Sayings Turn
Attend Attention Attentive Closely Ear Incline Pay Sayings Turn Turned Words
Attend Attention Attentive Closely Ear Incline Pay Sayings Turn Turned WordsProverbs 4:20 Multilingual Bible Proverbes 4:20 French Proverbios 4:20 Biblia Paralela 箴 言 4:20 Chinese Bible |
