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Proverbs 5:13
New English Translation
Proverbs 5:13
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- Proverbs 5:13 tn The vav that introduces this clause functions in an explanatory sense.
- Proverbs 5:13 tn Heb “did not listen to the voice of.” The picture is that of treating the teacher’s instruction as background noise instead of paying attention to it or obeying it.
- Proverbs 5:13 tn The Hebrew term מוֹרַי (moray) is the nominal form based on the Hiphil plural participle with a suffix, from the root יָרָה (yarah). The verb is “to teach,” the common noun is “instruction, law [torah],” and this participle form is teacher (“my teachers”).
- Proverbs 5:13 tn The idiom is based on attentiveness: “did not incline my ear to.”
- Proverbs 5:13 tn The form is the Piel plural participle of לָמַד (lamad) used substantivally.
Proverbs 5:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 5:13
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
Proverbs 5:13
New International Version
Proverbs 5:13
New International Version
13 I would not obey my teachers
or turn my ear to my instructors.
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