Verse Comparison: Proverbs 19:27
American Standard Version
Cease, my son, to hear instruction `Only' to err from the words of knowledge.
Amplified® Bible
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it {and} stray from the words of knowledge.
Contemporary English Version
If you stop learning, you will forget what you already know.
Darby English Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.
Good News Bible
My child, when you stop learning, you will soon neglect what you already know.
King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
New American Standard Bible
Cease listening, my son, to discipline, {And you will} stray from the words of knowledge.
New International Version
Stop listening to instruction, my son,
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
New King James Version
Cease listening to instruction, my son,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Revised Standard Version
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.
Young's Literal Translation
Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.