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Proverbs 4:13-15
New English Translation
Proverbs 4:13-15
New English Translation
13 Hold on to instruction,[a] do not let it go;
protect it,[b] because it is your life.
14 Do not enter the path of the wicked
or walk[c] in the way of those who are evil.
15 Avoid it, do not go on it;
turn away from it, and go on.[d]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:13 tn Or “discipline.” See note at 1:2.
- Proverbs 4:13 tn The form נִצְּרֶהָ (nitsereha, from נָצַר, natsar) has an anomalous doubled letter (see GKC 73 §20.h).
- Proverbs 4:14 tn The verb אָשַׁר (ʾashar, “to walk”) is not to be confused with the identically spelled homonym אָשַׁר “to pronounce happy” as in BDB 80 s.v. אָשַׁר.
- Proverbs 4:15 sn The verb עָבַר (ʿavar, “to cross over; to travel through”) ends both cola. In the first it warns against going on wrong paths; in the second it means “to go your own way,” but may hint that the way will cross over the wrong way. The rapid sequence of commands stresses the urgency of the matter.
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