Proverbs 22:20

Good News Translation

I have written down thirty sayings for you. They contain knowledge and good advice,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Haven’t I written for you thirty sayingsabout counsel and knowledge,

Hebrew Names Version
Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things Of counsel and knowledge,

King James Version
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

English Standard Version
Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,

New American Standard Bible
Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

New Century Version
I have written thirty sayings for you, which give knowledge and good advice.

Amplified Bible
Have I not written to you excellent things In counsels and knowledge,

World English Bible
Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things Of counsel and knowledge,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,

Legacy Standard Bible
Have I not written to you excellent thingsOf counsels and knowledge,

Berean Standard Bible
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Contemporary English Version
I have written thirty sayings filled with sound advice.

Complete Jewish Bible
I have written you worthwhile things full of good counsel and knowledge,

Darby Translation
Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,

Easy-to-Read Version
I have written 30 sayings for you. These are words of advice and wisdom.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, this is the third time that I have written them to you,

Lexham English Bible
Have I not written for you thirty sayings with admonitions and knowledge?

Literal Translation
Have I not written to you yesterday and the day before with counsels and knowledge,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Haue not I warned ye very oft with councell and lerninge?

American Standard Version
Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

Bible in Basic English
Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;

King James Version (1611)
Haue not I written to thee excellent things in counsailes and knowledge:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge.

English Revised Version
Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y haue discryued it in thre maneres, in thouytis and kunnyng,

Update Bible Version
Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

Webster's Bible Translation
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

New English Translation
Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

New King James Version
Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

New Living Translation
I have written thirty sayings for you, filled with advice and knowledge.

New Life Bible
Have I not written to you great things of wise teaching and much learning

New Revised Standard
Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:

Revised Standard Version
Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,

Young's Literal Translation
Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Listen, and I will teach you what the wise have said. Study their teachings, ¹⁸ and you will be glad if you remember them and can quote them. ¹⁹ I want you to put your trust in the Lord ; that is why I am going to tell them to you now. ²⁰ I have written down thirty sayings for you. They contain knowledge and good advice, ²¹ and will teach you what the truth really is. Then when you are sent to find it out, you will bring back the right answer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 8:6, Psalms 12:6, Hosea 8:12, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:19-21

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:5 - General Job 36:4 - in Psalms 49:3 - mouth Proverbs 4:2 - good Proverbs 16:20 - whoso

Cross-References

Genesis 11:26
After Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:29
Abram married Sarai, and Nahor married Milcah, the daughter of Haran, who was also the father of Iscah.

Genesis 24:10
The servant, who was in charge of Abraham's property, took ten of his master's camels and went to the city where Nahor had lived in northern Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:15
Before he had finished praying, Rebecca arrived with a water jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife Milcah.

Genesis 24:24
"My father is Bethuel son of Nahor and Milcah," she answered.

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor will judge between us." Then, in the name of the God whom his father Isaac worshiped, Jacob solemnly vowed to keep this promise.

Proverbs 25:25
Finally hearing good news from a distant land is like a drink of cold water when you are dry and thirsty.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Have not I written to thee excellent things,.... In the Scriptures. Some render it, "three things" c; and think that Solomon refers to the three divisions of the Scriptures among the Jews, the law, the prophets, and holy writings; so Jarchi; but some of those writings then were not: or to the three books wrote by him; the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. Others render it, "in a threefold way" d, as the Targum and several versions; that is, in various ways, in different forms and styles, in order the better to inform and instruct. But it is best, with Kimchi, Gersom, and Ben Melech, to render it, "excellent things", as we do; such are the truths of the Gospel; they are more excellent than those that are only known by the light of nature, or by the law of Moses: such as suspect the love and grace of God; the person and offices of Christ; peace, pardon, righteousness, atonement, life and salvation, by him. And these are said to lie

in counsels and knowledge; in disclosing the counsels of God, according to which they are; in giving the best of counsels to men; to perishing sinners, to look to Christ for salvation; to naked ones, to buy of him white raiment, or the robe of his righteousness; to guilty and filthy ones, to apply to his blood for pardon and cleansing; to hungry and thirsty ones, to come unto him for food, the bread of life, and water of life; and to weary ones, to him for rest; and all to do their duty both to God and men: and they also respect knowledge; the knowledge of divine and heavenly things; the knowledge of God in Christ, and of his perfections, as displayed in his salvation; the knowledge of Christ, what he is in himself, what he has done for his people, and is unto them; and especially the knowledge of salvation by him; all which the Gospel is a means of.

c שלשים "terna", Montanus, Vatablus, so Jarchi. d τριαρως, Sept. "tripticiter", V. L. and Arabic version; "tribus vicibus", Baynus, Targum and Syriac version; "triplici filo et nexa", Schultens; "triplicata", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Excellent things - A meaning of the word derived from “the third,” i. e., “the chief of three warriors in a chariot” (compareExodus 14:7; Exodus 14:7 note). Another reading of the Hebrew text gives “Have I not written to thee long ago?” and this would form a natural antithesis to “this day” of Proverbs 22:19. The rendering of the Septuagint is: “write them for thyself three times;” that of the Vulgate, “I have written it (i. e., my counsel) In threefold form;” the “three times” or “threefold form” being referred either to the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Solomon, or to the division of the Old Testament into the Law, the prophets, and the Hagiographa.