King James Version
Proverbs 8:32 in the King James Version says “Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.”
Proverbs 8:32 · KJV
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto me O ye children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“Now therefore hearken”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“for blessed”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
“my ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“are they that keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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