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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; |
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The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: |
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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: |
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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; |
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That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of
insight, |
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To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding, |
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To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment,
and equity; |
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receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice,
and equity; |
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To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice
and equity; |
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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and
discretion. |
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that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion
to the youth-- |
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To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion, |
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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man
of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: |
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the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the
man of understanding acquire skill, |
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A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of
understanding will acquire wise counsel, |
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To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of
the wise, and their dark sayings. |
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to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise
and their riddles. |
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To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise
and their riddles. |
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools
despise wisdom and instruction. |
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise
wisdom and instruction. |
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise
wisdom and instruction. |
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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not
the law of thy mother: |
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Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your
mother's teaching; |
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Hear, my son, your father's instruction, And do not forsake
your mother's teaching; |
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For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains
about thy neck. |
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for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for
your neck. |
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Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head, And ornaments
about your neck. |
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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. |
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. |
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My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. |
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us
lurk privily for the innocent without cause: |
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If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood,
let us wantonly ambush the innocent; |
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If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause; |
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those
that go down into the pit: |
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like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who
go down to the Pit; |
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Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who
go down to the pit; |
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We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses
with spoil: |
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we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with
spoil; |
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We shall find all [kinds] of precious wealth, We shall fill
our houses with spoil; |
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Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: |
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throw in your lot among us, we will all have one purse"
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Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse, " |
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My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot
from their path: |
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my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot
from their paths; |
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My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from
their path, |
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For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. |
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for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. |
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For their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed blood. |
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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. |
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For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird; |
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Indeed, it is useless to spread the net In the eyes of any bird; |
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And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for
their own lives. |
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but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush
for their own lives. |
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But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their
own lives. |
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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh
away the life of the owners thereof. |
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Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence; it takes
away the life of its possessors. |
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So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes
away the life of its possessors. |
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Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: |
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Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises
her voice; |
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Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; |
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She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings
of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, |
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on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the
city gates she speaks: |
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At the head of the noisy [streets] she cries out; At the entrance
of the gates in the city, she utters her sayings: |
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How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? |
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"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How
long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate
knowledge? |
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"How long, O naive ones, will you love simplicity? And
scoffers delight themselves in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? |
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Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto
you, I will make known my words unto you. |
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Give heed to my reproof; behold, I will pour out my thoughts
to you; I will make my words known to you. |
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"Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit
on you; I will make my words known to you. |
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Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out
my hand, and no man regarded; |
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Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched
out my hand and no one has heeded, |
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"Because I called, and you refused; I stretched out my
hand, and no one paid attention; |
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But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of
my reproof: |
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and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my
reproof, |
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And you neglected all my counsel, And did not want my reproof; |
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I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear
cometh; |
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I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes
you, |
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I will even laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread
comes, |
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When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh
as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. |
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when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes
like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. |
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When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes
on like a whirlwind, When distress [and] anguish come on you. |
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Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall
seek me early, but they shall not find me: |
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Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will
seek me diligently but will not find me. |
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"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They
will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, |
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For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of
the LORD: |
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Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of
the LORD, |
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Because they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of
the LORD. |
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They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. |
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would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof, |
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"They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my
reproof. |
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Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and
be filled with their own devices. |
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therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated
with their own devices. |
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"So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be
satiated with their own devices. |
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For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the
prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
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For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence
of fools destroys them; |
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"For the waywardness of the naive shall kill them, And
the complacency of fools shall destroy them. |
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But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be
quiet from fear of evil. |
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but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease,
without dread of evil." |
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"But he who listens to me shall live securely, And shall
be at ease from the dread of evil." |
