Proverbs 9:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽחְי֑וּ וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʿizbû ptāʾîm wiḥyû wʾišrû bderek bînâ

Grammar Details

*ʿizbû*: verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - forsake/leave
*ptāʾîm*: masculine plural noun - simple ones/naive ones
*wiḥyû*: conjunction with verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - and live
*wʾišrû*: conjunction with verb, Qal imperative masculine plural - and walk straight/advance
*bderek*: preposition with noun construct - in way of
*bînâ*: feminine noun - understanding/discernment

Word Meanings

*ʿizbû*: forsake/leave/abandon
*ptāʾîm*: simple ones/naive ones/immature persons
*wiḥyû*: and live/survive/be well
*wʾišrû*: and walk straight/go forward/advance
*bînâ*: understanding/discernment/insight

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Prov 4:11 : 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.
Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.
Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
Prov 10:17 : 17 He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
Matt 7:13-14 : 13 Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. 14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Acts 2:40 : 40 And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:
Ps 26:4-6 : 4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked. 6 I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;
Ps 45:10 : 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:
Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.

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