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[1] My son, if you will receive my words,
and store up my commandments within you,
[2] so as to turn your ear to wisdom,
and apply your heart to understanding;
[3] yes, if you call out for discernment,
and lift up your voice for understanding;
[4] if you seek her as silver,
and search for her as for hidden treasures;
[5] then you will understand the fear of Yahweh,
and find the knowledge of God.§
[6] For Yahweh gives wisdom.
Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
[7] He lays up sound wisdom for the upright.
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
[8] that he may guard the paths of justice,
and preserve the way of his saints.
[9] Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
equity and every good path.
[10] For wisdom will enter into your heart.
Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
[11] Discretion will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you,
[12] to deliver you from the way of evil,
from the men who speak perverse things,
[13] who forsake the paths of uprightness,
to walk in the ways of darkness,
[14] who rejoice to do evil,
and delight in the perverseness of evil,
[15] who are crooked in their ways,
and wayward in their paths,
[16] to deliver you from the strange woman,
even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
[17] who forsakes the friend of her youth,
and forgets the covenant of her God;
[18] for her house leads down to death,
her paths to the departed spirits.
[19] None who go to her return again,
neither do they attain to the paths of life.
[20] Therefore walk in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous.
[21] For the upright will dwell in the land.
The perfect will remain in it.
[22] But the wicked will be cut off from the land.
The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

Footnotes

  1. § 2:5 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
King James Version
[1] My son, H1121 if thou wilt receive H3947 my words, H561
And hide H6845 my commandments H4687 with thee;
[2] So that thou incline H7181 thine ear H241 unto wisdom, H2451
And apply H5186 thine heart H3820 to understanding; H8394
[3] Yea, if thou criest H7121 after knowledge, H998
And liftest up H5414 thy voice H6963§ for H3588 understanding; H8394
[4] If thou seekest H1245 her as silver, H3701
And searchest H2664 for her as for hid treasures; H4301
[5] Then H227 shalt thou understand H995 the fear H3374 of the Lord, H3068
And find H4672 the knowledge H1847 of God. H430
[6] For H3588 the Lord H3068 giveth H5414 wisdom: H2451
Out of his mouth H6310 cometh knowledge H1847 and understanding. H8394
[7] He layeth up H6845 H6845 sound wisdom H8454 for the righteous: H3477
He is a buckler H4043 to them that walk H1980 uprightly. H8537
[8] He keepeth H5341 the paths H734 of judgment, H4941
And preserveth H8104 the way H1870 of his saints. H2623
[9] Then H227 shalt thou understand H995 righteousness, H6664 and judgment, H4941
And equity; H4339 yea, every good H2896 path. H4570
[10] When wisdom H2451 entereth H935 into thine heart, H3820
And knowledge H1847 is pleasant H5276 unto thy soul; H5315
[11] Discretion H4209 shall preserve H8104 thee,
Understanding H8394 shall keep H5341 thee:
[12] To deliver H5337 thee from the way H1870 of the evil H7451 man,
From the man H376 that speaketh H1696 froward things; H8419
[13] Who leave H5800 the paths H734 of uprightness, H3476
To walk H3212 in the ways H1870 of darkness; H2822
[14] Who rejoice H8056 to do H6213 evil, H7451
And delight H1523 in the frowardness H8419 of the wicked; H7451
[15] Whose H834 ways H734 are crooked, H6141
And they froward H3868 in their paths: H4570
[16] To deliver H5337 thee from the strange H2114 woman, H802
Even from the stranger H5237 which flattereth H2505 with her words; H561
[17] Which forsaketh H5800 the guide H441 of her youth, H5271
And forgetteth H7911 the covenant H1285 of her God. H430
[18] For H3588 her house H1004 inclineth H7743 unto H413 death, H4194
And her paths H4570 unto H413 the dead. H7496
[19] None that go H935 unto her return again, H7725
Neither take they hold H5381 of the paths H734 of life. H2416
[20] That thou mayest walk H3212 in the way H1870 of good H2896 men,
And keep H8104 the paths H734 of the righteous. H6662
[21] For H3588 the upright H3477 shall dwell H7931 in the land, H776
And the perfect H8549 shall remain H3498 in it.
[22] But the wicked H7563 shall be cut off H3772 from H4480 the earth, H776
And the transgressors H898 shall be rooted out H5255§ of it.

Footnotes

  1. § 2:3 Heb. givest thy voice
  2. § 2:22 Or, plucked up
Septuaginta
[1] Υἱέ, G5207 ἐὰν G1437 δεξάμενος G1209 ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς G1699 ἐντολῆς G1785 κρύψῃς G2928 παρὰ G3844 σεαυτῷ, G4572 [2] ὑπακούσεται G5219 σοφίας G4678 τὸ G3588 οὖς G3775 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 παραβαλεῖς G3846 καρδίαν G2588 σου G4675 εἰς G1519 σύνεσιν, G4907 παραβαλεῖς G3846 δὲ G1161 αὐτὴν G846 ἐπὶ G1909 νουθέτησιν τῷ G3588 υἱῷ G5207 σου. G4675 [3] Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 τὴν G3588 σοφίαν G4678 ἐπικαλέσῃ G1941 καὶ G2532 τῇ G3588 συνέσει G4907 δῷς G1325 φωνήν G5456 σου, G4675 τὴν G3588 δὲ G1161 αἴσθησιν G144 ζητήσῃς G2212 μεγάλῃ G3173 τῇ G3588 φωνῇ, G5456 [4] καὶ G2532 ἐὰν G1437 ζητήσῃς G2212 αὐτὴν G846 ὡς G5613 ἀργύριον G694 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 θησαυροὺς G2344 ἐξερευνήσῃς G1830 αὐτήν, G846 [5] τότε G5119 συνήσεις G4920 φόβον G5401 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 ἐπίγνωσιν G1922 θεοῦ G2316 εὑρήσεις. G2147 [6] Ὅτι G3754 κύριος G2962 δίδωσιν G1325 σοφίαν, G4678 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 προσώπου G4383 αὐτοῦ G846 γνῶσις G1108 καὶ G2532 σύνεσις· G4907 [7] καὶ G2532 θησαυρίζει G2343 τοῖς G3588 κατορθοῦσι σωτηρίαν, G4991 ὑπερασπιεῖ τὴν G3588 πορείαν G4197 αὐτῶν G846 [8] τοῦ G3588 φυλάξαι G5442 ὁδοὺς G3598 δικαιωμάτων G1345 καὶ G2532 ὁδὸν G3598 εὐλαβουμένων G2125 αὐτὸν G846 διαφυλάξει. G1314 [9] Τότε G5119 συνήσεις G4920 δικαιοσύνην G1343 καὶ G2532 κρίμα G2917 καὶ G2532 κατορθώσεις πάντας G3956 ἄξονας ἀγαθούς. G18 [10] Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 ἔλθῃ G2064 ἡ G3588 σοφία G4678 εἰς G1519 σὴν G4674 διάνοιαν, G1271 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 αἴσθησις G144 τῇ G3588 σῇ G4674 ψυχῇ G5590 καλὴ εἶναι G1511 δόξῃ, G1380 [11] βουλὴ G1012 καλὴ φυλάξει G5442 σε, G4571 ἔννοια G1771 δὲ G1161 ὁσία G3741 τηρήσει G5083 σε, G4571 [12] ἵνα G2443 ῥύσηταί G4506 σε G4571 ἀπὸ G575 ὁδοῦ G3598 κακῆς G2556 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 ἀνδρὸς G435 λαλοῦντος G2980 μηδὲν G3367 πιστόν. G4103 [13] Ὦ G5599 οἱ G3588 ἐγκαταλείποντες G1459 ὁδοὺς G3598 εὐθείας G2117 τοῦ G3588 πορεύεσθαι G4198 ἐν G1722 ὁδοῖς G3598 σκότους, G4655 [14] οἱ G3588 εὐφραινόμενοι G2165 ἐπὶ G1909 κακοῖς G2556 καὶ G2532 χαίροντες G5463 ἐπὶ G1909 διαστροφῇ κακῇ, G2556 [15] ὧν G3739 αἱ G3588 τρίβοι G5147 σκολιαὶ G4646 καὶ G2532 καμπύλαι αἱ G3588 τροχιαὶ G5163 αὐτῶν G846 [16] τοῦ G3588 μακράν G3112 σε G4571 ποιῆσαι G4160 ἀπὸ G575 ὁδοῦ G3598 εὐθείας G2117 καὶ G2532 ἀλλότριον G245 τῆς G3588 δικαίας G1342 γνώμης. G1106 [17] Υἱέ, G5207 μή G3361 σε G4571 καταλάβῃ G2638 κακὴ G2556 βουλὴ G1012 ἡ G3588 ἀπολείπουσα G620 διδασκαλίαν G1319 νεότητος G3503 καὶ G2532 διαθήκην G1242 θείαν G2304 ἐπιλελησμένη· G1950 [18] ἔθετο G5087 γὰρ G1063 παρὰ G3844 τῷ G3588 θανάτῳ G2288 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 παρὰ G3844 τῷ G3588 ᾅδῃ G86 μετὰ G3326 τῶν G3588 γηγενῶν τοὺς G3588 ἄξονας αὐτῆς· G846 [19] πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 πορευόμενοι G4198 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ G846 οὐκ G3756 ἀναστρέψουσιν G390 οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 καταλάβωσιν G2638 τρίβους G5147 εὐθείας· G2117 οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 καταλαμβάνονται G2638 ὑπὸ G5259 ἐνιαυτῶν G1763 ζωῆς. G2222 [20] Εἰ G1487 γὰρ G1063 ἐπορεύοντο G4198 τρίβους G5147 ἀγαθάς, G18 εὕροσαν G2147 ἂν G302 τρίβους G5147 δικαιοσύνης G1343 λείους. G3006 [21] Χρηστοὶ G5543 ἔσονται G2071 οἰκήτορες γῆς, G1093 ἄκακοι G172 δὲ G1161 ὑπολειφθήσονται G5275 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ, G846 ὅτι G3754 εὐθεῖς G2117 κατασκηνώσουσι G2681 γῆν, G1093 καὶ G2532 ὅσιοι G3741 ὑπολειφθήσονται G5275 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ· G846 [22] ὁδοὶ G3598 ἀσεβῶν G765 ἐκ G1537 γῆς G1093 ὀλοῦνται, οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται G1856 ἀπ’ G575 αὐτῆς. G846
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament