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Proverbs 2:17

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

KJV

et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,

Vulgate

ἡ ἀπολείπουσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος, καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη.

LXX

That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

ASV

הַ֭/עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑י/הָ וְ/אֶת בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣י/הָ שָׁכֵֽחָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַלּ֥וּף
'lvp
noun · 69×
י
y
noun · 280×
י
y
noun · 46×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
שָׁכָֽחְתִּי
shkchty
verb · 102×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 16:8 — Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant
  • Ezek 16:59 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
  • Jer 3:4 — Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
  • Jer 3:4 — Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
  • Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Mal 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
  • Matt 19:6 — Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
  • Prov 5:18 — Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.