New International Version (©1984) Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.New Living Translation (©2007) If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge. English Standard Version (©2001) Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. New American Standard Bible (©1995) Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge. GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. King James Bible Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. American King James Version Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge. American Standard Version Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge. Bible in Basic English A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge. Douay-Rheims Bible Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge. Darby Bible Translation Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge. English Revised Version Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to err from the words of knowledge. Webster's Bible Translation Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. World English Bible If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. Young's Literal Translation Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge. |