“Bind them upon your heart always”: “Bind” translates the same word as used in 3.3. “Bind . . . heart” is a figurative way of saying “Keep them in your mind,” “Always think about them,” or “Never let them leave your thoughts.” Note Good News Translation “locked in your heart.”

“Tie them about your neck”: See 3.3.

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Proverbs. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .