Proverbs 4:1 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

English ASV

Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:

English Amplified

HEAR, MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters].

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

HEAR, MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters].

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Listen, sons, to a father’s discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;

English EASY 2024

My children, listen to what your father teaches you. Listen carefully so that you understand what is right.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Children, listen to your father's teaching. Pay attention and you will learn how to learn.

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

My children, listen to what your father teaches you. Pay attention, and you will have understanding.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Sons, listen to {your} father's discipline, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Listen, [my] sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

English KJV 1611

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

English LSB

Hear, O sons, the discipline of a father, And pay attention that you may know understanding,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father, and be attentive, that you may gain understanding,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Hear, O children, a father's instruction, be attentive, that you may gain understanding!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

My children, listen to a father's teaching. Pay attention and gain understanding.

English NIV

Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

English NKJ 1982

Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding;

English NLT

My children, listen to me. Listen to your father's instruction. Pay attention and grow wise,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Listen to my correction, my sons, for I speak to you as your father. Let discernment enter your heart and you will grow wise with the understanding I impart.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Hear, O sons, a father's instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Young men, listen to me as you would to your father.

English Tyndale 1537

Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom.

Proverbs 4:1 — Compare Translations