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Proverbs 22:17

NETBible	Incline your ear² and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 22:17	Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:17	Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;
NLT © biblegateway Pro 22:17	Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 22:17	Listen carefully to my wisdom; take to heart what I can teach you. You'll treasure its sweetness deep within;
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 22:17	Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 22:17	The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words, and apply your mind to my teaching;
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 22:17	Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;
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KJV	Bow down <05186> (8685) thine ear <0241>_, and hear <08085> (8798) the words <01697> of the wise <02450>_, and apply <07896> (8799) thine heart <03820> unto my knowledge <01847>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 22:17	Incline <05186> your ear <0241> and hear <08085> the words <01697> of the wise <02450> , And apply <07896> your mind <03820> to my knowledge <01847> ;
LXXM	logoiv <3056> N-DPM sofwn <4680> A-GPM paraballe <3846> V-PAD-2S son <4674> A-ASN ouv <3775> N-ASN kai <2532> CONJ akoue <191> V-PAD-2S emon <1699> A-ASM logon <3056> N-ASM thn <3588> T-ASF de <1161> PRT shn <4674> A-ASF kardian <2588> N-ASF episthson {V-AAD-2S} ina <2443> CONJ gnwv <1097> V-AAS-2S oti <3754> CONJ kaloi <2570> A-NPM eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	Incline <05186> your ear <0241> and listen <08085> to the words <01697> of the wise <02450> , and apply <07896> your heart <03820> to my instruction <01847> .
HEBREW	ytedl <01847> tyst <07896> Kblw <03820> Mymkx <02450> yrbd <01697> emsw <08085> Knza <0241> jh (22:17) <05186>

NETBible

Incline your ear² and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.³

NET Notes

¹sn A new collection of sayings begins here, forming the fourth section of the book of Proverbs. This collection is not like that of 1:1–9:18; here the introductory material is more personal than 1:1-7, and the style differs, showing great similarity to the Instruction of Amenemope in Egypt (especially the thirty precepts of the sages in 22:17–24:22). Verses 17-21 form the introduction, and then the sayings begin in v. 22. After the thirty sayings are given, there are further sayings in 24:23-34. There is much literature on this material: see W. K. Simpson, ed., Literature of Ancient Egypt; ANET 412-425; and A. Cody, “Notes on Proverbs 22:21 and 22:23b,” Bib 61 (1980): 418-26.

²sn To “incline the ear” means to “listen carefully” (cf. NCV); the expression is metonymical in that the ear is the instrument for hearing. It is like telling someone to lean over to hear better.

³tn Heb “knowledge” (so KJV, NASB); in this context it refers to the knowledge that is spoken by the wise, hence “instruction.”