Proverbs 8
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Proverbs 8
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| Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding? | Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? |
| At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place; | On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; |
| Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud: | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: |
| I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men. | Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. |
| Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart. | O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. |
| Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. | Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. |
| For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me. | For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. |
| All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them. | All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. |
| They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge. | They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. |
| Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold. | Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. |
| For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her. | For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. |
| I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes. | I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion. |
| The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me. | The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate. |
| Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine. | Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. |
| Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions. | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. |
| Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness. | By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth. |
| Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me. | I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. |
| Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness. | Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness. |
| My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver. | My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver. |
| I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging: | I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; |
| So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full. | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. |
| The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. | Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. |
| From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was. | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. |
| When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water. | When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. |
| Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth: | Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; |
| When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world. | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. |
| When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep: | When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, |
| When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed: | When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, |
| When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth: | When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; |
| Then I was by his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times; | Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, |
| Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men. | Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. |
| Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways. | Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. |
| Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go. | Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. |
| Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house. | Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. |
| For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. |
| But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death. | But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death. |
