Proverbs 2:17

King James Version

¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Proverbs 2:17

New International Version

¹⁷who has left the partner of her youth
and ignored the covenant she made before God.^[a]^(A)

¹²And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

¹²The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day^(A)
to weep^(B) and to wail,
to tear out your hair^(C) and put on sackcloth.^(D)

⁴Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

⁴Have you not just called to me:
‘My Father,^(A) my friend from my youth,^(B)

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