Proverbs 2:5 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 2:1-5 MSG (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.
Proverbs 2:5 KJV (King James Version)
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 NCV (New Century Version)
Then you will understand respect for the LORD, and you will find that you know God.
Proverbs 2:5 ASV (American Standard Version)
Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, And find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 NIV (New International Version)
then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 NKJV (New King James Version)
Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Then you will understand the [reverent] fear of the LORD [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] And discover the knowledge of God. [Prov 1:7]
Proverbs 2:5 NLT (New Living Translation)
Then you will understand what it means to fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 TPT (The Passion Translation)
then you will discover the fear of the Lord and find the true knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.