Proverbs Chapter 4 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
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BBE Proverbs 4:21

Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart.
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DARBY Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
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KJV Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
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WBT Proverbs 4:21


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WEB Proverbs 4:21

Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
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YLT Proverbs 4:21

Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - Let them not depart from thine eyes; i.e. keep them constantly in view as the guide of the whole conduct. These words are a repetition of Proverbs 3:21, just as the latter part of the verse reproduces the thought of Proverbs 2:1. Depart. The hiph. yallizu is here used instead of the kal yaluzu of Proverbs 3:21, but has the same force. In the midst of thine heart; i.e. in its inmost recesses; there the words and sayings are to be guarded as a man guards a treasure stowed away in the inmost chambers of a house. The expression implies cherishing them with an internal affection. The terms of the verse may be illustrated by Deuteronomy 6:6, 8, "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontiers between thine eyes."

Ellicott's Commentary