# Proverbs 3.19 **Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 18. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her. > > **19. Jehovah by wisdom founded the earth; By understanding he established the heavens.** > > 20. By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. 21. My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion: (Proverbs 3:17-21, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. 18. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. > > **19. By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.** > > 20. By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew. 21. My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion: (Proverbs 3:17-21, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 18. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. > > **19. The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. established: or, prepared** > > 20. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 21. My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: (Proverbs 3:17-21, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 17. Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace. 18. A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy. > > **19. Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.** > > 20. By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew. 21. My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness, (Proverbs 3:17-21, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Argument from Intelligibility](/codex/argument-from-intelligibility/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.