Proverbs 2:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
American King James Version (AKJV)
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Webster's Revision
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
World English Bible
Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
English Revised Version (ERV)
Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Clarke's Proverbs 2:11 Bible Commentary
Discretion shall preserve thee - מזמה mezimmah. See on Proverbs 1:4 (note). Here the word is taken in a good sense, a good device. The man invents purposes of good; and all his schemes, plans, and devices, have for their object God's glory and the good of man: he deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things he shall stand. Coverdale translates, "Then shall Counsel preserve thee." A very good translation, much better than the present.