11 translations · Hebrew

Proverbs 1:23

Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

World English Bible

Proverbs 1:23 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
KJV King James Version
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
ASV American Standard Version
Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Turn back at my reproof, behold, || I pour forth my spirit to you, || I make known my words with you.
FBV Free Bible Version
Pay attention to my warnings, and I'll pour out my deepest thoughts to you—I'll explain what I know to you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.
DBY Darby Translation
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
WBT Webster’s Bible
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make known to you my words.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

The Hebrew words

Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ tā·šū·ḇū If you had repented H7725 שׁוּב to return: return
לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י lə·ṯō·w·ḵaḥ·tî at my rebuke H8433 תּוֹכֵחָה rebuke
הִנֵּ֤ה hin·nêh then surely H2009 הִנֵּה behold
אַבִּ֣יעָה ’ab·bî·‘āh I would have poured out H5042 נָבַע to bubble
לָכֶ֣ם lā·ḵem my H9005 ל to/for
רוּחִ֑י rū·ḥî spirit on you H7307 רוּחַ spirit
אוֹדִ֖יעָה ’ō·w·ḏî·‘āh I would have made H3045 יָדַע to know
דְבָרַ֣י ḏə·ḇā·ray my words H1697 דָּבָר word
אֶתְכֶֽם׃ ’eṯ·ḵem known to you H853 אֵת [Obj.]
  • Ezekiel 33:11

    Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’

  • Acts 3:19

    “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

  • Ezekiel 18:27–30

    Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive. Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live. He shall not die. Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways unfair? …

  • Acts 2:36–38

    “Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Joel 2:28

    “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

  • Isaiah 32:15

    Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.

  • Isaiah 55:6–7

    Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

  • Proverbs 12:1

    Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

  • Isaiah 55:1–3

    “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness. Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Zechariah 12:10

    I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:

22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.

24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

Read all of Proverbs 1 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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