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Proverbs 31:2

NETBible	O¹ my son, O son of my womb, O son² of my vows,
NIV © biblegateway Pro 31:2	"O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
NASB © biblegateway Pro 31:2	What, O my son? And what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?
NLT © biblegateway Pro 31:2	O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my promises,
MSG © biblegateway Pro 31:2	"Oh, son of mine, what can you be thinking of! Child whom I bore! The son I dedicated to God!
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 31:2	What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 31:2	No, my son! No, son of my womb! No, son of my vows!
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 31:2	What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
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KJV	What, my son <01248>_? and what, the son <01248> of my womb <0990>_? and what, the son <01248> of my vows <05088>_?
NASB © biblegateway Pro 31:2	What <04100> , O my son <01248> ? And what <04100> , O son <01248> of my womb <0990> ? And what <04100> , O son <01248> of my vows <05088> ?
LXXM	ti <5100> I-ASN teknon <5043> N-VSN thrhseiv <5083> V-FAI-2S ti <5100> I-ASN rhseiv {V-FAI-2S} yeou <2316> N-GSM prwtogenev {A-NSN} soi <4771> P-DS legw <3004> V-PAI-1S uie <5207> N-VSM ti <5100> I-ASN teknon <5043> N-VSN emhv <1699> A-GSF koiliav <2836> N-GSF ti <5100> I-ASN teknon <5043> N-VSN emwn <1699> A-GPF eucwn <2171> N-GPF
NET [draft] ITL	O my son <01248> , O son <01248> of my womb <0990> , O son <01248> of my vows <05088> ,
HEBREW	yrdn <05088> rb <01248> hmw <04100> ynjb <0990> rb <01248> hmw <04100> yrb <01248> hm (31:2) <04100>

NETBible

O¹ my son, O son of my womb, O son² of my vows,

NET Notes

¹tn The form מַה (mah), normally the interrogative “what?” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB) is best interpreted here as an exclamation. Tg. Prov 31:2 has “Woe!”

²tn In all three occurrences in this verse the word “son” has the Aramaic spelling, ַַבּר (bar), rather than the Hebrew בֵּן (ben). The repetition of the word “son” shows the seriousness of the warning; and the expression “son of my womb” and “son of my vows” are endearing epithets to show the great investment she has made in his religious place in God’s program. For a view that “son of my womb” should be “my own son,” see F. Deist, “Proverbs 31:1, A Case of Constant Mistranslation,” JNSL 6 (1978): 1-3; cf. TEV “my own dear son.”