--- title: Proverbs 2 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Proverbs chapter 2 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/) / chapter 2 # Proverbs 2 22 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.1/) — בְּנִי אִם־תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃ — My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee; - [2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.2/) — לְהַקְשִׁיב לַֽחָכְמָה אָזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃ — So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment; - [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.3/) — כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא לַתְּבוּנָה תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ — Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment; - [2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.4/) — אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃ — If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; - [2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.5/) — אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת יְהוָה וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָֽא׃ — Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. - [2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.6/) — כִּֽי־יְהוָה יִתֵּן חָכְמָה מִפִּיו דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃ — For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment; - [2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.7/) — יִצְפֹּן לַיְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּה מָגֵן לְהֹלְכֵי תֹֽם׃ — He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity; - [2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.8/) — לִנְצֹר אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְדֶרֶךְ חֲסִידָיו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃ — That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones. - [2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.9/) — אָז תָּבִין צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט וּמֵישָׁרִים כָּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃ — Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path. - [2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.10/) — כִּֽי־תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ וְדַעַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָֽם׃ — For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; - [2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.11/) — מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃ — Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee; - [2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.12/) — לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃ — To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things; - [2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.13/) — הַעֹזְבִים אָרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ — Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; - [2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.14/) — הַשְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע יָגִילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָֽע׃ — Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil; - [2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.15/) — אֲשֶׁר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃ — Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths; - [2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.16/) — לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃ — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words; - [2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.17/) — הַעֹזֶבֶת אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃ — That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. - [2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.18/) — כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל־מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל־רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ — For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades; - [2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.19/) — כָּל־בָּאֶיהָ לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן וְלֹֽא־יַשִּׂיגוּ אָרְחוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ — None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life; - [2:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.20/) — לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים וְאָרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ — That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. - [2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.21/) — כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּאָרֶץ וּתְמִימִים יִוָּתְרוּ בָֽהּ׃ — For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it. - [2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.22/) — וּרְשָׁעִים מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ וּבוֹגְדִים יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃פ — But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it. - ← previous: [Proverbs 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/1/) - next →: [Proverbs 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/3/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/)