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Proverbs 7:2

NETBible	Keep my commands¹ so that you may live,² and obey³ my instruction as your most prized possession.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 7:2	Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 7:2	Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 7:2	Obey them and live! Guard my teachings as your most precious possession.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 7:2	Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight--guard it!
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 7:2	Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 7:2	keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 7:2	Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye.
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KJV	Keep <08104> (8798) my commandments <04687>_, and live <02421> (8798)_; and my law <08451> as the apple <0380> of thine eye <05869>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 7:2	Keep <08104> my commandments <04687> and live <02421> , And my teaching <08451> as the apple <0380> of your eye <05869> .
LXXM	fulaxon <5442> V-AAD-2S emav <1699> A-APF entolav <1785> N-APF kai <2532> CONJ biwseiv <980> V-FAI-2S touv <3588> T-APM de <1161> PRT emouv <1699> A-APM logouv <3056> N-APM wsper <3746> ADV korav <2879> N-APF ommatwn <3659> N-GPN
NET [draft] ITL	Keep <08104> my commands <04687> so that you may live <02421> , and obey my instruction <08451> as your most prized possession <05869> <0380> .
HEBREW	Kynye <05869> Nwsyak <0380> ytrwtw <08451> hyxw <02421> ytwum <04687> rms (7:2) <08104>

NETBible

Keep my commands¹ so that you may live,² and obey³ my instruction as your most prized possession.⁴

NET Notes

¹tc Before v. 2 the LXX inserts: “My son, fear the Lord and you will be strong, and besides him, fear no other.” Although this addition has the precedent of 3:7 and 9 and harmonizes with 14:26, it does not fit here; the advice is to listen to the teacher.

²tn The construction of an imperative with the vav (ו) of sequence after another imperative denotes a logical sequence of purpose or result: “that you may live,” or “and you will live.”

³tn The term “obey” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism; it is supplied for the sake of clarity and smoothness. Some English versions, in light of the second line of v. 1, supply “guard” (e.g., NIV, NCV, NLT).

⁴tn Heb “the little man in your eye.” Traditionally this Hebrew idiom is translated into English as “the apple of your eye” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); a more contemporary rendering would be “as your most prized possession.” The word for “man” has the diminutive ending on it. It refers to the pupil, where the object focused on – a man – is reflected in miniature. The point is that the teaching must be the central focus of the disciple’s vision and attention.