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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
שמע-אתה בני וחכם ואשר בדרך לבך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
SHm`-Ath bny vKHkm vASHr bdrk lbk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
audi fili mi et esto sapiens et dirige in via animum tuum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
New King James Version   
Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way.
21st Century King James Version   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Hear, my son, and be wise, and set up my doctrine in your heart.
Darby Bible Translation   
Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.
God's Word   
My son, listen, be wise, and keep your mind going in the right direction.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course.
International Standard Version   
Listen, my son, and be wise, commit yourself to live God's way.
NET Bible   
Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.
New American Standard Bible   
Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
New International Version   
Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:
New Living Translation   
My child, listen and be wise: Keep your heart on the right course.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
The World English Bible   
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!
EasyEnglish Bible   
15. Listen to me, my child. Learn to be wise and to live in a good way.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
New Life Version   
Listen, my son, and be wise. Lead your heart in the way.
The Voice Bible   
Listen, my son, be wise, and steer your life on the right course.
Living Bible   
O my son, be wise and stay in God’s paths; don’t carouse with drunkards and gluttons, for they are on their way to poverty. And remember that too much sleep clothes a man with rags.
New Catholic Bible   
Listen, my son, and be wise as you direct your heart along the right path.
Legacy Standard Bible   
You, my son, listen and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and straighten thy heart in the way.
Christian Standard Bible   
Listen, my son, and be wise; keep your mind on the right course.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way [of the Lord].
New Century Version   
Listen, my child, and be wise. Keep your mind on what is right.
The Message   
Oh listen, dear child—become wise; point your life in the right direction. Don’t drink too much wine and get drunk; don’t eat too much food and get fat. Drunks and gluttons will end up on skid row, in a stupor and dressed in rags.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the straight way.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Hear, my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
Good News Translation®   
Listen, my child, be wise and give serious thought to the way you live.
Wycliffe Bible   
My son, hear thou, and be wise, and (ad)dress thy soul in the way (and direct thy soul to the right way).
Contemporary English Version   
Listen to me, my children! Be wise and have enough sense to follow the right path.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Hear, my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Hear, my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Listen, my child, and be wise! Keep your mind straight on the path.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way [of the Lord].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Hear, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the right way.
New American Standard Bible   
Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way.
The Expanded Bible   
Listen, my child, and be wise. Keep your ·mind on what is right [L heart straight on the path].
Tree of Life Version   
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the right way.
Revised Standard Version   
Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
New International Reader's Version   
My son, listen and be wise. Set your heart on the right path.
BRG Bible   
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Complete Jewish Bible   
You, my son: listen, be wise, and set your mind on the right way.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Hear, my child, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Hear thou, beni (my son), and be chacham, and guide thine lev straight on the derech.
Names of God Bible   
My son, listen, be wise, and keep your mind going in the right direction.
Modern English Version   
Hear, my son, and be wise; and guide your heart in the way.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So listen, my son, and be wise. Always be careful to follow the right path.
International Children’s Bible   
Listen, my child, and be wise. Keep your mind on what is right.
Lexham English Bible   
You, my child, hear and be wise, and direct your heart on the road.
New International Version - UK   
Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: