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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.
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
- The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
King James Version
[1] My son,H1121 if thou wilt receiveH3947(QalImpf) my words,H561 and hideH6845(QalImpf) my commandmentsH4687 with thee; [2] So that thou inclineH7181(HiphInf) thine earH241 unto wisdom,H2451 [and] applyH5186(HiphImpf) thine heartH3820 to understanding;H8394 [3] Yea, if thou criestH7121(QalImpf) after knowledge,H998 [and] liftest upH5414(QalImpf) thy voiceH6963 for understanding;H8394 [4] If thou seekestH1245(PielImpf) her as silver,H3701 and searchestH2664(QalImpf) for her as [for] hid treasures;H4301 [5] Then shalt thou understandH995(QalImpf) the fearH3374 of the Lord,H3068 and findH4672(QalImpf) the knowledgeH1847 of God.H430 [6] For the LordH3068 givethH5414(QalImpf) wisdom:H2451 out of his mouthH6310 [cometh] knowledgeH1847 and understanding.H8394 [7] He layeth upH6845(QalImpf/Qere) sound wisdomH8454 for the righteous:H3477 [he is] a bucklerH4043 to them that walkH1980(QalActPtc) uprightly.H8537 [8] He keepethH5341(QalInf) the pathsH734 of judgment,H4941 and preservethH8104(QalImpf) the wayH1870 of his saints.H2623 [9] Then shalt thou understandH995(QalImpf) righteousness,H6664 and judgment,H4941 and equity;H4339 [yea], every goodH2896 path.H4570 [10] When wisdomH2451 enterethH935(QalImpf) into thine heart,H3820 and knowledgeH1847 is pleasantH5276(QalImpf) unto thy soul;H5315 [11] DiscretionH4209 shall preserveH8104(QalImpf) thee, understandingH8394 shall keepH5341(QalImpf) thee: [12] To deliverH5337(HiphInf) thee from the wayH1870 of the evilH7451 [man], from the manH376 that speakethH1696(PielPtc) froward things;H8419 [13] Who leaveH5800(QalActPtc) the pathsH734 of uprightness,H3476 to walkH3212(QalInf) in the waysH1870 of darkness;H2822 [14] Who rejoiceH8056 to doH6213(QalInf) evil,H7451 [and] delightH1523(QalImpf) in the frowardnessH8419 of the wicked;H7451 [15] Whose waysH734 [are] crooked,H6141 and [they] frowardH3868(NiphPtc) in their paths:H4570 [16] To deliverH5337(HiphInf) thee from the strangeH2114(QalPtc) woman,H802 [even] from the strangerH5237 [which] flatterethH2505(HiphPerf) with her words;H561 [17] Which forsakethH5800(QalActPtc) the guideH441 of her youth,H5271 and forgettethH7911(QalPerf) the covenantH1285 of her God.H430 [18] For her houseH1004 inclinethH7743(QalPerf) unto death,H4194 and her pathsH4570 unto the dead.H7496 [19] None that goH935(QalActPtc) unto her return again,H7725(QalImpf) neither take they holdH5381(HiphImpf) of the pathsH734 of life.H2416 [20] That thou mayest walkH3212(QalImpf) in the wayH1870 of goodH2896 [men], and keepH8104(QalImpf) the pathsH734 of the righteous.H6662 [21] For the uprightH3477 shall dwellH7931(QalImpf) in the land,H776 and the perfectH8549 shall remainH3498(NiphImpf) in it. [22] But the wickedH7563 shall be cut offH3772(NiphImpf) from the earth,H776 and the transgressorsH898(QalActPtc) shall be rooted outH5255(QalImpf) of it.
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