Proverbs 2:3 
KonteksNETBible | indeed, if 1 you call out for 2 discernment 3 – raise your voice 4 for understanding – |
NASB © biblegateway Pro 2:3 |
For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; |
HCSB | furthermore, if you call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, |
LEB | if indeed you call out for insight, if you ask aloud for understanding, |
NIV © biblegateway Pro 2:3 |
and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, |
ESV | yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, |
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 2:3 |
if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your voice for understanding; |
REB | if you cry out for discernment and invoke understanding, |
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 2:3 |
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding, |
KJV | Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; |
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NASB © biblegateway Pro 2:3 |
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HEBREW |
NETBible | indeed, if 1 you call out for 2 discernment 3 – raise your voice 4 for understanding – |
NET Notes |
1 tn Both particles retain their individual meanings, otherwise the verse would begin with a strong adversative and be a contrast to what has been said. 2 tn Heb “summon.” 3 sn The noun recalls the second purpose of the book (1:2). It is also cognate to the last word of 2:2, forming a transition. The two objects of the prepositions in this verse are actually personifications, as if they could be summoned. 4 tn Heb “give your voice”; the expression is idiomatic for raising or lifting the voice to make a sound that carries further (e.g., Jer 2:15). This deliberate expression indicates that something significant is being uttered. J. H. Greenstone says, “If it [understanding] does not come at your first call, raise your voice to a higher pitch, put forth greater efforts” (Proverbs, 17). |