Proverbs 4:5 — Compare All Translations

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

Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

English ASV

Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

English Amplified

Get skillful and godly Wisdom, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the words of my mouth.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Get skillful and godly Wisdom, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the words of my mouth.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Get wisdom, get understanding; don’t forget or turn away from the words from my mouth.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

English EASY 2024

Learn to be wise and to understand things properly. Do not forget my teaching or turn away from it.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Try to get wisdom and understanding. Don't forget my teaching or ignore what I say.

Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Get wisdom and insight! Do not forget or ignore what I say.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Acquire wisdom. Acquire understanding. Do not forget. Do not turn away from the words that I have spoken.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Get wisdom, get understanding; don't forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

English KJV 1611

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

English LSB

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Get wisdom; get understanding; do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

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

"Get wisdom, get understanding! Do not forget or turn aside from the words I utter.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget my words. Don't turn away from them.

English NIV

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them.

English NKJ 1982

Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

English NLT

Learn to be wise, and develop good judgment. Don't forget or turn away from my words.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Get wisdom; get insight: do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

So make wisdom your quest— search for the revelation of life’s meaning. Don’t let what I say go in one ear and out the other.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. Get wisdom; get insight.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Learn to be wise,“ he said, “and develop good judgment and common sense! I cannot overemphasize this point.“

English Tyndale 1537

Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them.

Proverbs 4:5 — Compare Translations