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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
להקשיב לחכמה אזנך תטה לבך לתבונה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
lhqSHyb lKHkmh Aznk tth lbk ltbvnh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
ut audiat sapientiam auris tua inclina cor tuum ad noscendam prudentiam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Authorized (King James) Version   
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
New King James Version   
So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
21st Century King James Version   
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to understanding;

Other translations
American Standard Version   
So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And you will incline your ear to wisdom and turn your heart to understanding
Darby Bible Translation   
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: Incline thy heart to know prudence:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
God's Word   
if you pay close attention to wisdom, and let your mind reach for understanding,
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding;
International Standard Version   
making your ear attentive to wisdom, and turning your heart to understanding—
NET Bible   
by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding,
New American Standard Bible   
Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
New International Version   
turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding--
New Living Translation   
Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
Webster's Bible Translation   
So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding;
The World English Bible   
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
EasyEnglish Bible   
Listen carefully, so that you understand what wisdom really is.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
New Life Version   
make your ear open to wisdom. Turn your heart to understanding.
The Voice Bible   
If you listen for Lady Wisdom, attune your ears to her, and engage your mind to understand what she is telling you,
Living Bible   
Every young man who listens to me and obeys my instructions will be given wisdom and good sense.
New Catholic Bible   
attuning your ear to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,
Legacy Standard Bible   
To make your ear pay attention to wisdom, Incline your heart to discernment;
Jubilee Bible 2000   
so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and apply thine heart to intelligence,
Christian Standard Bible   
listening closely to wisdom and directing your heart to understanding;
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Making your ear attentive to skillful and godly Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it];
New Century Version   
Listen carefully to wisdom; set your mind on understanding.
The Message   
Good friend, take to heart what I’m telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life. Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding. That’s right—if you make Insight your priority, and won’t take no for an answer, Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt, Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours; you’ll have come upon the Knowledge of God.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
by paying attention to wisdom with your ear, by reaching out for understanding with your heart,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Good News Translation®   
Listen to what is wise and try to understand it.
Wycliffe Bible   
(so) that thine ear hear wisdom, bow (down) thine heart to know prudence.
Contemporary English Version   
Keep in tune with wisdom and think what it means to have common sense.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Common English Bible © 2011   
Turn your ear toward wisdom, and stretch your mind toward understanding.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So that your ear is attentive to [skillful and godly] wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding [seeking it conscientiously and striving for it eagerly];
English Standard Version Anglicised   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Turning your ear to wisdom, inclining your heart to understanding;
New American Standard Bible   
Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.
The Expanded Bible   
·Listen carefully [L Bend your ear] to wisdom; ·set your mind on [L stretch your heart to] understanding.
Tree of Life Version   
making your ear attentive to wisdom, inclining your heart to discernment,
Revised Standard Version   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
New International Reader's Version   
Let your ears listen to wisdom. Apply your heart to understanding.
BRG Bible   
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Complete Jewish Bible   
paying attention to wisdom inclining your mind toward understanding —
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
So that thou incline thine ear unto chochmah, and apply thine lev to tevunah (understanding);
Names of God Bible   
if you pay close attention to wisdom, and let your mind reach for understanding,
Modern English Version   
so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
Easy-to-Read Version   
Listen to wisdom, and do your best to understand.
International Children’s Bible   
Listen to wisdom. Try with all your heart to gain understanding.
Lexham English Bible   
in order to incline your ear toward wisdom, then you shall apply your heart to understanding.
New International Version - UK   
turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding –