Proverbs 9
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
2She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
2She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
3She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:
4Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
4'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
5Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
5'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
6Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.
7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
7He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.
8Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
9Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.
11For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'
13A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
13The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
14Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
14And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
15To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:
16He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
16'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.
17'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
18And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
18But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.
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