NETBible | indeed, if 1 you call out for 2 discernment 3 – raise your voice 4 for understanding – |
NIV © |
and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, |
NASB © |
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; |
NLT © |
Cry out for insight and understanding. |
MSG © |
That's right--if you make Insight your priority, and won't take no for an answer, |
BBE © |
Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge; |
NRSV © |
if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding; |
NKJV © |
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, |
KJV | Yea, if thou criest <07121> (8799) after knowledge <0998>_, [and] liftest up <05414> (8799) thy voice <06963> for understanding <08394>_; {liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice} |
NASB © |
For if <518> you cry <7121> for discernment <998> , Lift <5414> your voice <6963> for understanding ;<8394> |
LXXM | ean <1437> CONJ gar <1063> PRT thn <3588> T-ASF sofian <4678> N-ASF epikalesh {V-AAS-3S} kai <2532> CONJ th <3588> T-DSF sunesei <4907> N-DSF dwv <1325> V-AAS-2S fwnhn <5456> N-ASF sou <4771> P-GS thn <3588> T-ASF de <1161> PRT aisyhsin <144> N-ASF zhthshv <2212> V-AAS-2S megalh <3173> A-DSF th <3588> T-DSF fwnh <5456> N-DSF |
NET [draft] ITL | indeed <03588> , if <0518> you call out <07121> for discernment <08394> – raise <05414> your voice <06963> for understanding –<0998> |
HEBREW | Klwq <06963> Ntt <05414> hnwbtl <08394> arqt <07121> hnybl <0998> Ma <0518> yk (2:3) <03588> |
NETBible | indeed, if 1 you call out for 2 discernment 3 – raise your voice 4 for understanding – |
NET Notes |
1 tn Both particles retain their individual meanings, otherwise the verse would begin with a strong adversative and be a contrast to what has been said. 2 tn Heb “summon.” 3 sn The noun recalls the second purpose of the book (1:2). It is also cognate to the last word of 2:2, forming a transition. The two objects of the prepositions in this verse are actually personifications, as if they could be summoned. 4 tn Heb “give your voice”; the expression is idiomatic for raising or lifting the voice to make a sound that carries further (e.g., Jer 2:15). This deliberate expression indicates that something significant is being uttered. J. H. Greenstone says, “If it [understanding] does not come at your first call, raise your voice to a higher pitch, put forth greater efforts” (Proverbs, 17). |