King James Version

Proverbs 8:33

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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שִׁמְע֖וּshimvhearשָׁמַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “hear”, a commandH8085to 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…מוּסָ֥רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “chastisement”, the ordinary formH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.וַחֲכָ֗מוּvachakhamvand be wiseחָכַםconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and be wise”, a commandH2449to be wise (in mind, word or act)[idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּפְרָֽעוּtifravavengeפָּרַעverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “avenge”, a wish or indirect commandH6544to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, beginavenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

Young’s Literal Translation

Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

World English Bible

Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.

Darby Translation

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Douay-Rheims

Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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