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Proverbs 2:2

NETBible	by making¹ your ear² attentive to wisdom, and³ by turning⁴ your heart⁵ to understanding,
NIV © biblegateway Pro 2:2	turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
NASB © biblegateway Pro 2:2	Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
NLT © biblegateway Pro 2:2	Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 2:2	Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 2:2	So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 2:2	making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 2:2	So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
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KJV	So that thou incline <07181> (8687) thine ear <0241> unto wisdom <02451>_, [and] apply <05186> (8686) thine heart <03820> to understanding <08394>_;
NASB © biblegateway Pro 2:2	Make <07181> your ear <0241> attentive <07181> to wisdom <02451> , Incline <05186> your heart <03820> to understanding <08394> ;
LXXM	upakousetai <5219> V-FMI-3S sofiav <4678> N-GSF to <3588> T-NSN ouv <3775> N-NSN sou <4771> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ parabaleiv <3846> V-FAI-2S kardian <2588> N-ASF sou <4771> P-GS eiv <1519> PREP sunesin <4907> N-ASF parabaleiv <3846> V-FAI-2S de <1161> PRT authn <846> D-ASF epi <1909> PREP nouyethsin {N-ASF} tw <3588> T-DSM uiw <5207> N-DSM sou <4771> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	by making your ear <0241> attentive <07181> to wisdom <02451> , and by turning <05186> your heart <03820> to understanding <08394> ,
HEBREW	hnwbtl <08394> Kbl <03820> hjt <05186> Knza <0241> hmkxl <02451> bysqhl (2:2) <07181>

NETBible

by making¹ your ear² attentive to wisdom, and³ by turning⁴ your heart⁵ to understanding,

NET Notes

¹tn The Hiphil infinitive construct לְהַקְשִׁיב (lÿhaqshiv, “by making attentive”) functions as an epexegetical explanation of how one will receive the instruction.

²sn The word “ear” is a metonymy of cause; the word is used as the instrument of hearing. But in parallelism with “heart” it indicates one aspect of the mental process of hearing and understanding. A “hearing ear” describes an obedient or responsive person (BDB 24 s.v. אֹזֶן 2).

³tn The conjunction “and” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of smoothness.

⁴tn The Hiphil imperfect (“by turning”) continues the nuance introduced by the infinitive construct in the first colon (GKC 352 §114.r). The verb נָטָה (natah) normally means “to stretch out” and only occasionally “to turn” or “to incline” one’s heart to something, as is the case here.

⁵tn Or “mind” (the center of the will, the choice).