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World English Bible Classic
[1] My son, don’t forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commandments,
[2] for they will add to you length of days,
years of life, and peace.
[3] Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.
Bind them around your neck.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
[4] So you will find favor,
and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
[5] Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
and don’t lean on your own understanding.
[6] In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
[7] Don’t be wise in your own eyes.
Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
[8] It will be health to your body,
and nourishment to your bones.
[9] Honor Yahweh with your substance,
with the first fruits of all your increase;
[10] so your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will overflow with new wine.
[11] My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline,
neither be weary of his correction;
[12] for whom Yahweh loves, he corrects,
even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. [13] Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who gets understanding.
[14] For her good profit is better than getting silver,
and her return is better than fine gold.
[15] She is more precious than rubies.
None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
[16] Length of days is in her right hand.
In her left hand are riches and honor.
[17] Her ways are ways of pleasantness.
All her paths are peace.
[18] She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.
Happy is everyone who retains her.
[19] By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth.
By understanding, he established the heavens.
[20] By his knowledge, the depths were broken up,
and the skies drop down the dew.
[21] My son, let them not depart from your eyes.
Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
[22] so they will be life to your soul,
and grace for your neck.
[23] Then you shall walk in your way securely.
Your foot won’t stumble.
[24] When you lie down, you will not be afraid.
Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
[25] Don’t be afraid of sudden fear,
neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
[26] for Yahweh will be your confidence,
and will keep your foot from being taken. [27] Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
[28] Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;
tomorrow I will give it to you,”
when you have it by you.
[29] Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
since he dwells securely by you.
[30] Don’t strive with a man without cause,
if he has done you no harm.
[31] Don’t envy the man of violence.
Choose none of his ways.
[32] For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,
but his friendship is with the upright.
[33] Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
[34] Surely he mocks the mockers,
but he gives grace to the humble.
[35] The wise will inherit glory,
but shame will be the promotion of fools.
King James Version
[1] My son, H1121 forget H7911 not H408 my law; H8451
But let thine heart H3820 keep H5341 my commandments: H4687
[2] For H3588 length H753 of days, H3117 and long H8141 life, H2416§
And peace, H7965 shall they add H3254 to thee.
[3] Let not mercy H2617 and truth H571 forsake H5800 thee:
Bind H7194 them about thy neck; H1621
Write H3789 them upon the table H3871 of thine heart: H3820
[4] So shalt thou find H4672 favour H2580 and good H2896 understanding H7922§
In the sight H5869 of God H430 and man. H120
[5] Trust H982 in the Lord H3068 with all thine heart; H3820
And lean H8172 not H408 unto H413 thine own understanding. H998
[6] In all thy ways H1870 acknowledge H3045 him,
And he shall direct H3474 thy paths. H734
[7] Be not wise H2450 in thine own eyes: H5869
Fear H3372 H853 the Lord, H3068 and depart H5493 from evil. H7451
[8] It shall be health H7500§ to thy navel, H8270
And marrow H8250§ to thy bones. H6106
[9] Honour H3513 H853 the Lord H3068 with thy substance, H1952
And with the firstfruits H7225 of all thine increase: H8393
[10] So shall thy barns H618 be filled H4390 with plenty, H7647
And thy presses H3342 shall burst out H6555 with new wine. H8492
[11] My son, H1121 despise H3988 not H408 the chastening H4148 of the Lord; H3068
Neither be weary H6973 of his correction: H8433
[12] For H3588 whom H834 the Lord H3068 loveth H157 he correcteth; H3198
Even as a father H1 H853 the son H1121 in whom he delighteth. H7521
[13] Happy H835 is the man H120 that findeth H4672 wisdom, H2451
And the man H120 that getteth H6329 understanding. H8394§
[14] For H3588 the merchandise H5504 of it is better H2896 than the merchandise H5505 of silver, H3701
And the gain H8393 thereof than fine gold. H2742
[15] She is more precious H3368 than rubies: H6443
And all the things thou canst desire H2656 are not to be compared H7737 unto her.
[16] Length H753 of days H3117 is in her right hand; H3225
And in her left hand H8040 riches H6239 and honour. H3519
[17] Her ways H1870 are ways H1870 of pleasantness, H5278
And all her paths H5410 are peace. H7965
[18] She is a tree H6086 of life H2416 to them that lay hold H2388 upon her:
And happy H833 is every one that retaineth H8551 her.
[19] The Lord H3068 by wisdom H2451 hath founded H3245 the earth; H776
By understanding H8394 hath he established H3559§ the heavens. H8064
[20] By his knowledge H1847 the depths H8415 are broken up, H1234
And the clouds H7834 drop down H7491 the dew. H2919
[21] My son, H1121 let not them depart H3868 from thine eyes: H5869
Keep H5341 sound wisdom H8454 and discretion: H4209
[22] So shall they be life H2416 unto thy soul, H5315
And grace H2580 to thy neck. H1621
[23] Then H227 shalt thou walk H3212 in thy way H1870 safely, H983
And thy foot H7272 shall H5062 not H3808 stumble. H5062
[24] When thou liest down, H7901 thou shalt not be afraid: H6342
Yea, thou shalt lie down, H7901 and thy sleep H8142 shall be sweet. H6149
[25] Be not afraid H3372 of sudden H6597 fear, H6343
Neither of the desolation H7722 of the wicked, H7563 when it cometh. H935
[26] For H3588 the Lord H3068 shall be thy confidence, H3689
And shall keep H8104 thy foot H7272 from being taken. H3921
[27] Withhold H4513 not H408 good H2896 from them to whom it is due, H1167§
When it is in the power H410 of thine hand H3027 to do H6213 it.
[28] Say H559 not H408 unto thy neighbour, H7453 Go, H3212 and come again, H7725
And to morrow H4279 I will give; H5414 when thou hast H3426 it by thee.
[29] Devise H2790 not H408 evil H7451§ against H5921 thy neighbour, H7453
Seeing he dwelleth H3427 securely H983 by thee.
[30] Strive H7378 not with a man H120 without cause, H2600
If he have done H1580 thee no harm. H7451
[31] Envy H7065 thou not the oppressor, H376§
H2555 And choose H977 none of his ways. H1870
[32] For H3588 the froward H3868 is abomination H8441 to the Lord: H3068
But his secret H5475 is with the righteous. H3477
[33] The curse H3994 of the Lord H3068 is in the house H1004 of the wicked: H7563
But he blesseth H1288 the habitation H5116 of the just. H6662
[34] Surely he scorneth H3887 the scorners: H3887
But he giveth H5414 grace H2580 unto the lowly. H6035 H6041
[35] The wise H2450 shall inherit H5157 glory: H3519
But shame H7036 shall be the promotion H7311 of fools. H3684§

Footnotes

  1. § 3:2 Heb. years of life
  2. § 3:4 Or, good success
  3. § 3:8a Heb. medicine
  4. § 3:8b Heb. watering, or moistening
  5. § 3:13 Heb. the man that draweth out understanding
  6. § 3:19 Or, prepared
  7. § 3:27 Heb. the owners thereof
  8. § 3:29 Or, practise no evil
  9. § 3:31 Heb. a man of violence
  10. § 3:35 Heb. exalteth the fools
Septuaginta
[1] Υἱέ, G5207 ἐμῶν G1699 νομίμων μὴ G3361 ἐπιλανθάνου, G1950 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 ῥήματά G4487 μου G3450 τηρείτω G5083 σὴ G4674 καρδία· G2588 [2] μῆκος G3372 γὰρ G1063 βίου G979 καὶ G2532 ἔτη G2094 ζωῆς G2222 καὶ G2532 εἰρήνην G1515 προσθήσουσίν G4369 σοι. G4671 [3] Ἐλεημοσύναι G1654 καὶ G2532 πίστεις G4102 μὴ G3361 ἐκλιπέτωσάν G1587 σε, G4571 ἄφαψαι δὲ G1161 αὐτὰς G846 ἐπὶ G1909 σῷ G4674 τραχήλῳ, G5137 καὶ G2532 εὑρήσεις G2147 χάριν· G5485 [4] καὶ G2532 προνοοῦ G4306 καλὰ G2570 ἐνώπιον G1799 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 ἀνθρώπων. G444 [5] Ἴσθι G2468 πεποιθὼς G3982 ἐν G1722 ὅλῃ G3650 καρδίᾳ G2588 ἐπὶ G1909 θεῷ, G2316 ἐπὶ G1909 δὲ G1161 σῇ G4674 σοφίᾳ G4678 μὴ G3361 ἐπαίρου· G1869 [6] ἐν G1722 πάσαις G3956 ὁδοῖς G3598 σου G4675 γνώριζε G1107 αὐτήν, G846 ἵνα G2443 ὀρθοτομῇ G3718 τὰς G3588 ὁδούς G3598 σου, G4675 [ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 πούς G4228 σου G4675 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 προσκόπτῃ.] G4350 [7] μὴ G3361 ἴσθι G2468 φρόνιμος G5429 παρὰ G3844 σεαυτῷ, G4572 φοβοῦ G5399 δὲ G1161 τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 καὶ G2532 ἔκκλινε G1578 ἀπὸ G575 παντὸς G3956 κακοῦ· G2556 [8] τότε G5119 ἴασις G2392 ἔσται G2071 τῷ G3588 σώματί G4983 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐπιμέλεια G1958 τοῖς G3588 ὀστέοις G3747 σου. G4675 [9] Τίμα G5091 τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 ἀπὸ G575 σῶν G4674 δικαίων G1342 πόνων G4192 καὶ G2532 ἀπάρχου αὐτῷ G846 ἀπὸ G575 σῶν G4674 καρπῶν G2590 δικαιοσύνης, G1343 [10] ἵνα G2443 πίμπληται G4130 τὰ G3588 ταμίειά G5009 σου G4675 πλησμονῆς G4140 σίτου, G4621 οἴνῳ G3631 δὲ G1161 αἱ G3588 ληνοί G3025 σου G4675 ἐκβλύζωσιν. [11] Υἱέ, G5207 μὴ G3361 ὀλιγώρει G3643 παιδείας G3809 κυρίου G2962 μηδὲ G3366 ἐκλύου G1590 ὑπ’ G5259 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐλεγχόμενος· G1651 [12] ὃν G3739 γὰρ G1063 ἀγαπᾷ G25 κύριος G2962 παιδεύει, G3811 μαστιγοῖ G3146 δὲ G1161 πάντα G3956 υἱὸν G5207 ὃν G3739 παραδέχεται. G3858 [13] Μακάριος G3107 ἄνθρωπος G444 ὃς G3739 εὗρεν G2147 σοφίαν G4678 καὶ G2532 θνητὸς G2349 ὃς G3739 εἶδεν G1492 φρόνησιν· G5428 [14] κρεῖττον G2909 γὰρ G1063 αὐτὴν G846 ἐμπορεύεσθαι G1710 ἢ G2228 χρυσίου G5553 καὶ G2532 ἀργυρίου G694 θησαυρούς. G2344 [15] Τιμιωτέρα G5093 δέ G1161 ἐστιν G2076 λίθων G3037 πολυτελῶν, G4185 οὐκ G3756 ἀντιτάξεται G498 αὐτῇ G846 οὐδὲν G3762 πονηρόν· G4190 εὔγνωστός ἐστιν G2076 πᾶσιν G3956 τοῖς G3588 ἐγγίζουσιν G1448 αὐτῇ, G846 πᾶν G3956 δὲ G1161 τίμιον G5093 οὐκ G3756 ἄξιον G514 αὐτῆς G846 ἐστιν. G2076 [16] ‡Μῆκος G3372 γὰρ G1063 βίου G979 καὶ G2532 ἔτη G2094 ζωῆς G2222 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 δεξιᾷ G1188 αὐτῆς, G846 ἐν G1722 δὲ G1161 τῇ G3588 ἀριστερᾷ G710 αὐτῆς G846 πλοῦτος G4149 καὶ G2532 δόξα· G1391 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 στόματος G4750 αὐτῆς G846 ἐκπορεύεται G1607 δικαιοσύνη, G1343 νόμον G3551 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ἔλεον G1656 ἐπὶ G1909 γλώσσης G1100 φορεῖ. G5409 [17] Αἱ G3588 ὁδοὶ G3598 αὐτῆς G846 ὁδοὶ G3598 καλαί, καὶ G2532 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 τρίβοι G5147 αὐτῆς G846 ἐν G1722 εἰρήνῃ· G1515 [18] ξύλον G3586 ζωῆς G2222 ἐστι G2076 πᾶσι G3956 τοῖς G3588 ἀντεχομένοις G472 αὐτῆς, G846 καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 ἐπερειδομένοις ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὴν G846 ὡς G5613 ἐπὶ G1909 κύριον G2962 ἀσφαλής. G804 [19] Ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τῇ G3588 σοφίᾳ G4678 ἐθεμελίωσεν G2311 τὴν G3588 γῆν, G1093 ἡτοίμασεν G2090 δὲ G1161 οὐρανοὺς G3772 ἐν G1722 φρονήσει· G5428 [20] ἐν G1722 αἰσθήσει G144 ἄβυσσοι G12 ἐρράγησαν, G4486 νέφη G3509 δὲ G1161 ἐρρύησαν G4482 δρόσους. [21] Υἱέ, G5207 μὴ G3361 παραρρυῇς, G3901 τήρησον G5083 δὲ G1161 ἐμὴν G1699 βουλὴν G1012 καὶ G2532 ἔννοιαν, G1771 [22] ‡ἵνα G2443 ζήσῃ G2198 ἡ G3588 ψυχή G5590 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 χάρις G5485 ᾖ G5600 περὶ G4012 σῷ G4674 τραχήλῳ. G5137 ἔσται G2071 δὲ G1161 ἴασις G2392 ταῖς G3588 σαρξί G4561 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐπιμέλεια G1958 τοῖς G3588 σοῖς G4674 ὀστέοις, G3747 [23] ἵνα G2443 πορεύῃ G4198 πεποιθὼς G3982 ἐν G1722 εἰρήνῃ G1515 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ὁδούς G3598 σου, G4675 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 πούς G4228 σου G4675 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 προσκόψῃ. G4350 [24] Ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 κάθῃ, G2521 ἄφοβος ἔσῃ, G2071 ἐὰν G1437 δὲ G1161 καθεύδῃς, G2518 ἡδέως G2234 ὑπνώσεις· [25] καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 φοβηθήσῃ G5399 πτόησιν G4423 ἐπελθοῦσαν G1904 οὐδὲ G3761 ὁρμὰς G3730 ἀσεβῶν G765 ἐπερχομένας· G1904 [26] ὁ G3588 γὰρ G1063 κύριος G2962 ἔσται G2071 ἐπὶ G1909 πασῶν G3956 ὁδῶν G3598 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐρείσει G2043 σὸν G4674 πόδα, G4228 ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 σαλευθῇς. G4531 [27] Μὴ G3361 ἀπόσχῃ εὖ G2095 ποιεῖν G4160 ἐνδεῆ, G1729 ἡνίκα G2259 ἂν G302 ἔχῃ G2192 ἡ G3588 χείρ G5495 σου G4675 βοηθεῖν· G997 [28] μὴ G3361 εἴπης G2036 Ἐπανελθὼν G1880 ἐπάνηκε καὶ G2532 αὔριον G839 δώσω, G1325 δυνατοῦ G1415 σου G4675 ὄντος G5607 εὖ G2095 ποιεῖν· G4160 οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 οἶδας G1492 τί G5101 τέξεται G5088 ἡ G3588 ἐπιοῦσα. G1966 [29] Μὴ G3361 τεκτήνῃ ἐπὶ G1909 σὸν G4674 φίλον G5384 κακὰ G2556 παροικοῦντα G3939 καὶ G2532 πεποιθότα G3982 ἐπὶ G1909 σοί. G4671 [30] Μὴ G3361 φιλεχθρήσῃς πρὸς G4314 ἄνθρωπον G444 μάτην, G3155 μή G3361 τι G5100 εἰς G1519 σὲ G4571 ἐργάσηται G2038 κακόν. G2556 [31] Μὴ G3361 κτήσῃ G2932 κακῶν G2556 ἀνδρῶν G435 ὀνείδη G3681 μηδὲ G3366 ζηλώσῃς G2206 τὰς G3588 ὁδοὺς G3598 αὐτῶν· G846 [32] ἀκάθαρτος G169 γὰρ G1063 ἔναντι G1725 κυρίου G2962 πᾶς G3956 παράνομος, ἐν G1722 δὲ G1161 δικαίοις G1342 οὐ G3756 συνεδριάζει. [33] Κατάρα G2671 θεοῦ G2316 ἐν G1722 οἴκοις G3624 ἀσεβῶν, G765 ἐπαύλεις G1886 δὲ G1161 δικαίων G1342 εὐλογοῦνται. G2127 [34] Κύριος G2962 ὑπερηφάνοις G5244 ἀντιτάσσεται, G498 ταπεινοῖς G5011 δὲ G1161 δίδωσιν G1325 χάριν. G5485 [35] Δόξαν G1391 σοφοὶ G4680 κληρονομήσουσιν, G2816 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἀσεβεῖς G765 ὕψωσαν G5312 ἀτιμίαν. G819
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 3:16 Originally verses 3:16 and 3:16a.
  2. ‡ 3:22 Originally verses 3:22 and 3:22a.