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Proverbs Chapter 31 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 31:2

What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?
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BBE Proverbs 31:2

What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?
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DARBY Proverbs 31:2

What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?
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KJV Proverbs 31:2

What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
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WBT Proverbs 31:2

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WEB Proverbs 31:2

"Oh, my son!" Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
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YLT Proverbs 31:2

`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 2-9. - Here follows the exhortation, which seems to come from the same source as the "burden" of Agur above. In this section the connection and parallelism of the parts are exhibited by repetition of thought and often of words in the several clauses. Verse 2. - What, my son? Mah, "what," is repeated thrice, both to enforce the attention of the son, and to show the mother's anxious care for his good. She feels the vast importance of the occasion, and asks as in perplexity, "What shall I say? What advice shall I give thee?" "Son" is here not ben, but bar, one of the Aramaic forms which are found in these two last chapters. The word occurs also in Psalm 2:12. Son of my vows. This might mean, "son who wast asked in prayer," like Samuel (1 Samuel 1:11), and dedicated to God, as the name Lemuel implies; or it may signify, "thou who art the object of my daily vows and prayers." Septuagint, "What, my son, wilt thou observe (τηρήσεις)? What? the sayings of God. My firstborn son, to thee I speak. What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?"

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) What, my son?--i.e., what shall I say? The question, thrice repeated, shows her extreme anxiety to give good advice to this son, who was "tender, and only beloved in the sight of his mother."The son of my vows.--Perhaps given, like Samuel, in answer to her prayers and vows.