Proverbs 2:7
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
Webster's Revision
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
World English Bible
He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
English Revised Version (ERV)
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Definitions for Proverbs 2:7
Clarke's Proverbs 2:7 Bible Commentary
He layeth up sound wisdom - תושיה tushiyah. We have met with this word in Job; see Job 5:12; Job 6:13; Job 11:6; Job 12:16. See especially the note on Job 11:6 (note), where the different acceptations of the word are given.
Coverdale translates, "He preserveth the welfare of the righteous." It is difficult to find, in any language, a term proper to express the original meaning of the word; its seems to mean generally the essence or substance of a thing, The thing itself - that which is chief of its kind. He layeth up What Is Essential for the righteous.
Barnes's Proverbs 2:7 Bible Commentary
Sound wisdom - "Soundness," an idea which passes on into that of health and safety. Compare "sound doctrine" in 1 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:3.
