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Proverbs 4:20

NETBible	My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively¹ to my sayings.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 4:20	My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 4:20	My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 4:20	Pay attention, my child, to what I say. Listen carefully.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 4:20	Dear friend, listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 4:20	My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 4:20	My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 4:20	My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
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KJV	My son <01121>_, attend <07181> (8685) to my words <01697>_; incline <05186> (8685) thine ear <0241> unto my sayings <0561>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 4:20	My son <01121> , give <07181> attention <07181> to my words <0561> ; Incline <05186> your ear <0241> to my sayings <0561> .
LXXM	uie <5207> N-VSM emh <1699> A-DSF rhsei {N-DSF} prosece <4337> V-PAD-2S toiv <3588> T-DPM de <1161> PRT emoiv <1699> A-DPM logoiv <3056> N-DPM parabale <3846> V-AAD-2S son <4674> A-ASM ouv <3775> N-ASN
NET [draft] ITL	My child <01121> , pay attention <07181> to my words <01697> ; listen attentively <0241> <05186> to my sayings <0561> .
HEBREW	Knza <0241> jh <05186> yrmal <0561> hbysqh <07181> yrbdl <01697> ynb (4:20) <01121>

NETBible

My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively¹ to my sayings.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “incline your ear.” The verb הַט (hat) is the Hiphil imperative from נָטָה (natah, Hiphil: “to turn to; to incline”). The idiom “to incline the ear” gives the picture of “lean over and listen closely.”

¹sn Commentators note the use of the body in this section: ear (v. 20), eyes (v. 21), flesh (v. 22), heart (v. 23), lips (v. 24), eyes (v. 25), feet (v. 26), and hands and feet (v. 27). Each is a synecdoche of part representing the whole; the total accumulation signifies the complete person in the process.