King James Version

Proverbs 1:5

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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יִשְׁמַ֣עyishmahearשָׁמַעverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hear”, an unfinished actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…חָ֭כָםchakhamwise , manחָכָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wise , man”, the ordinary formH2450wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).וְי֣וֹסֶףveyosefand addיָסַףconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and add”, an unfinished actionH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…לֶ֑קַחleqachdoctrineלֶקַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “doctrine”, the ordinary formH3948properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglementdoctrine, learning, fair speech.וְ֝נָב֗וֹןvenavonand understandבִּיןconjunction, verb, niphal, participle, absolute — “and understand”, a verb used as a describing wordH995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understandattend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) und…תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹתtachbulotgood adviceתַּחְבֻּלָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “good advice”, the ordinary formH8458(only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), i.e. (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plangood advice, (wise) counsels.יִקְנֶֽהyiqnehpurchaseקָנָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “purchase”, an unfinished actionH7069to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to ownattain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

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American Standard Version (1901)

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Young’s Literal Translation

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

World English Bible

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;

Darby Translation

He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

Douay-Rheims

A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and the man of understanding may attain unto wise counsels;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and the man of understanding will gain direction;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τῶν δὲ γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται·