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King James Version

2 Timothy 2:7

Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Intercession;   Minister, Christian;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;   Understanding;   Wisdom-Folly;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Church;   Mind;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Understanding;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Timothy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Titus, Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Understanding;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - 48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mind;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 21;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand it all.
Revised Standard Version
Think over what I say, for the Lord will grant you understanding in everything.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Consyder what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges.
Hebrew Names Version
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
New American Standard Bible
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
New Century Version
Think about what I am saying, because the Lord will give you the ability to understand everything.
Update Bible Version
Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give you understanding in all things.
Webster's Bible Translation
Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
English Standard Version
Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
World English Bible
Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Consider what I say, and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
Weymouth's New Testament
Mark well what I am saying: the Lord will give you discernment in everything.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Vndurstonde thou what thingis Y seie. For the Lord schal yyue to thee vndurstonding in alle thingis.
English Revised Version
Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.
Berean Standard Bible
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.
Contemporary English Version
If you keep in mind what I have told you, the Lord will help you understand completely.
Amplified Bible
Think over the things I am saying [grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you insight and understanding in everything.
American Standard Version
Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.
Bible in Basic English
Give thought to what I say; for the Lord will give you wisdom in all things.
Complete Jewish Bible
Think about what I am saying, for the Lord will enable you to understand everything.
Darby Translation
Think of what I say, for the Lord will give thee understanding in all things.
International Standard Version
Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you to understand all these things.
Etheridge Translation
Understand what I say to thee. Our Lord give thee wisdom in all things.
Murdock Translation
Consider what I say. Our Lord give thee wisdom in all things.
King James Version (1611)
Consider what I say, and the Lord giue thee vnderstanding in all things.
New Living Translation
Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.
New Life Bible
Think about these things and the Lord will help you understand them.
New Revised Standard
Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Consider what I say: and the Lord giue thee vnderstanding in all things:
George Lamsa Translation
Perceive these things: and may our LORD give you wisdom in all things.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Think, as to what I am speaking; for the Lord will give thee discernment in all things.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Understand what I say: for the Lord will give thee in all things understanding.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Consider What I say: and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges.
Good News Translation
Think about what I am saying, because the Lord will enable you to understand it all.
Christian Standard Bible®
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
Lexham English Bible
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will grant you understanding in all these things.
Literal Translation
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
Young's Literal Translation
be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Consydre what I saye. The LORDE shal geue the vnderstondynge in all thinges.
Mace New Testament (1729)
consider what I say, and the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
New English Translation
Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this.
New King James Version
Consider what I say, and may [fn] the Lord give you understanding in all things.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Think about these things and let God fill in the gaps.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
Legacy Standard Bible
Understand what I say, for the Lord will give you insight in everything.

Contextual Overview

1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Consider: Deuteronomy 4:39, Deuteronomy 32:29, Psalms 64:9, Proverbs 24:32, Isaiah 1:3, Isaiah 5:12, Luke 9:44, Philippians 4:8, 1 Timothy 4:15, Hebrews 3:1, Hebrews 7:4, Hebrews 12:3, Hebrews 13:7

and: Genesis 41:38, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 36:1, Exodus 36:2, Numbers 27:16, Numbers 27:17, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 1 Chronicles 29:19, 2 Chronicles 1:8-12, Psalms 119:73, Psalms 119:125, Psalms 119:144, Psalms 143:8, Psalms 143:9, Proverbs 2:3-6, Isaiah 28:26, Daniel 1:17, Luke 21:15, Luke 24:45, John 14:26, John 16:13, Acts 7:10, 1 Corinthians 12:8, Ephesians 1:17, Ephesians 1:18, Colossians 1:9, James 1:5, James 3:15, James 3:17, 1 John 5:20

Reciprocal: Ezra 8:16 - men of understanding 1 Timothy 4:12 - no

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:20
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:21
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis 3:23
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Numbers 27:16
Let the Lord , the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Job 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
Job 27:3
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Consider what I say,.... The advice given by the apostle to Timothy, to be strong in the grace of Christ; to commit the doctrines of the Gospel to faithful and able men; and to endure hardness for the sake of it: as also the characters which he bore as a soldier, a runner in a race, or a wrestler, and an husbandman; and therefore must not expect ease and rest, but war, difficulties, toil, and labour; and likewise under what titles Christ was to be regarded; as his General, and Captain of salvation, that commanded him; as the righteous Judge, that held the prize and crown for which he was running; and the chief Shepherd, who would reward all his labours; and moreover, the glorious reward of grace itself, he might expect, as eternal life, when he had fought the good fight the crown of righteousness, when he had finished his course, or run his race; and a crown of glory that fades not away, when the chief Shepherd should appear: and by putting him upon the consideration of these things, he suggests, that they were matters of moment and importance, and would be of great use to him in assisting and encouraging his faith, amidst all trials and exercises; and whereas they were expressed in figurative terms, taken from the soldier, the runner in a race, and the husbandman, they might not at first view be so easy to be understood; and therefore he would have him think of them, and meditate upon them, and weigh them in his mind; as well as he would not have him take things upon trust from him, but examine them whether they were right or not; though he doubted not but that they would be found to be agreeable to the standard of truth: wherefore he prays as follows,

and the Lord give thee understanding in all things; in all the above things, and in all others; in all the doctrines and mysteries of grace, and in all the rules of conduct in life. No man has of himself an understanding in spiritual things; this is the gift of God; and where it is given there is need of an increase of it, and always of such a prayer for it. The Alexandrian copy, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, read, "the Lord will give thee", c, and so the words are a promise, an encouragement to Timothy, to consider well of these things for he might assure himself, that, in so doing, God would give him more understanding in them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consider what I say; - see the notes at 1 Timothy 4:15. The sense is “Think of the condition of the soldier, and the principles on which he is enlisted; think of the aspirant for the crown in the Grecian games; think of the farmer, patiently toiling in the prospect of the distant harvest; and then go to your work with a similar spirit.” These things are worth attention. When the minister of the gospel thinks of his hardships, of his struggles against an evil world, and of his arduous and constant discouraging toil, let him think of the soldier, of the man who struggles for this world’s honors, and of the patient farmer - AND be content. How patiently do they bear all, and yet for what inferior rewards!

And the Lord give thee understanding in all things - Enable you to see the force of these considerations, and to apply them to your own case. Such are often the discouragements of the ministry; so prone is the mind to despondency, that we need the help of the Lord to enable us to apply the most obvious considerations, and to derive support from the most plain and simple truths and promises.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 7. Consider what I say — Apply my metaphors and similitudes in a proper manner.

And the Lord give thee understanding — But instead of δωη, may he give, ACDEFG, several others, besides versions and fathers, have δωσει he will give. Consider thou properly, and God will give thee a proper understanding of all things that concern thy own peace, and the peace and prosperity of his Church. Think as well as read.


 
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