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Proverbs 8
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
1Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice?
1Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?
2Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths,
2At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,
3Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:
3At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,
4O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
4`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice <FI>is<Fi> unto the sons of men.
5O little ones understand subtlety, and ye unwise, take notice.
5Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
6Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.
6Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips <FI>is<Fi> uprightness.
7My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.
7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips <FI>is<Fi> wickedness.
8All my words are just, there is nothing wicked, nor perverse in them.
8In righteousness <FI>are<Fi> all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.
9They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
9All of them <FI>are<Fi> plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
10Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
10Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to it.
11For better <FI>is<Fi> wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.
12I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
12I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.
13The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
13The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
14Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.
14Mine <FI>is<Fi> counsel and substance, I <FI>am<Fi> understanding, I have might.
15By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.
15By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,
16By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
16By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.
17I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
17I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
18With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
18Wealth and honour <FI>are<Fi> with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
19For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
19Better <FI>is<Fi> my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.
20I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
20In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,
21That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
21To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.
22The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
22Jehovah possessed me--the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
23I was set up from eternity, and of old, before the earth was made.
23From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
24The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived, neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out.
24In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy <FI>with<Fi> waters,
25The mountains, with their huge bulk, had not as yet been established: before the hills, I was brought forth:
25Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
26He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
26While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
27When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law, and compass, he enclosed the depths:
27In His preparing the heavens I <FI>am<Fi> there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
28When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
28In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,
29When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced the foundations of the earth;
29In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,
30I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;
30Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight--day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,
31Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.
31Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights <FI>are<Fi> with the sons of men.
32Now, therefore, ye children, hear me: blessed are they that keep my ways.
32And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
34O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.