Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
My son !
my
law
forget not ,
And
my commands
let thy
heart keep ,
My son ,
forget not my law;
but
let thine
heart keep my
commandments:
For length of days and
years
, Life and peace they do
add to thee.
For length of days, and
long
life ,
and peace ,
shall
they add to thee.
Let not kindness
and truth forsake thee ,
Bind them on
thy neck ,
Write them on
the tablet
of thy
heart ,
Let not mercy
and truth forsake thee :
bind them about
thy neck ;
write them upon
the table
of thine
heart :
And
find grace
and good understanding In the eyes
of God and man.
So
shalt
thou
find favour
and good understanding in the sight
of God and man.
Trust unto
Jehovah
with all thy
heart ,
And unto thine own understanding lean
not
.
Trust in
the
LORD
with all thine
heart ;
and lean
not
unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways know
thou
Him, And He doth
make
straight
thy paths.
In all thy ways acknowledge
him, and he shall
direct
thy paths.
Be not wise in thine own eyes ,
Fear Jehovah
, and turn
aside
from evil.
Be not wise in thine own eyes :
fear the
LORD
, and depart
from evil.
Healing
it is
to thy navel, And moistening
to thy bones.
It shall
be
health
to thy navel, and marrow
to thy bones.
Honour Jehovah
from
thy substance, And from
the beginning
of all thine increase ;
Honour the
LORD
with
thy substance, and with
the firstfruits
of all thine increase :
And
filled
are
thy barns `
with '
plenty, And `
with '
new wine thy
presses
break
forth
.
So
shall
thy barns be
filled
with plenty, and thy
presses
shall
burst
out
with new wine.
Chastisement
of
Jehovah,
my son, despise not ,
And
be not
vexed
with
His reproof,
My son, despise not the
chastening
of
the
LORD;
neither
be weary
of
his correction:
For whom Jehovah
loveth He reproveth,
Even as a father the son He is
pleased
with
.
For whom the
LORD
loveth he correcteth;
even as a father the son in
whom
he delighteth
.
O
the happiness
of
a
man `who'
hath
found
wisdom, And of
a
man `who'
bringeth
forth
understanding.
Happy
is
the man that
findeth
wisdom, and the
man that
getteth
understanding.
For better
`is'
her
merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold --
her
increase
.
For the
merchandise of
it
is
better
than the merchandise of silver, and the
gain
thereof
than fine
gold.
Precious
she `
is '
above
rubies ,
And all thy
pleasures
are not comparable
to her.
She is more
precious
than
rubies :
and all the
things
thou
canst
desire
are not to be
compared
unto
her.
Length of days `
is '
in her right hand ,
In her left `are'
wealth
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand ;
and
in her left hand
riches
and honour.
Her ways `
are '
ways of pleasantness, And all her paths `
are '
peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
A tree of life she
`is'
to those
laying
hold on
her ,
And whoso
is retaining
her `is'
happy
.
She
is
a tree of life to them
that
lay
hold upon
her :
and happy
is every
one
that
retaineth
her.
Jehovah
by wisdom did
found
the earth ,
He prepared
the heavens by
understanding
.
The
LORD
by wisdom hath
founded
the earth ;
by
understanding
hath
he established
the heavens.
By His knowledge depths have
been
rent
, And clouds do
drop dew.
By his knowledge the
depths are
broken
up
, and the
clouds drop down
the
dew.
My son !
let them
not turn
from thine eyes ,
Keep thou
wisdom and thoughtfulness,
My son ,
let not them
depart
from thine eyes :
keep sound
wisdom and discretion:
And
they are
life to
thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
So
shall
they be
life unto
thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Then thou goest
thy way confidently
, And thy foot doth
not stumble.
Then shalt
thou walk
in
thy way safely
, and thy foot shall
not stumble.
If
thou liest down, thou art
not afraid ,
Yea, thou hast
lain
down, And sweet
hath
been
thy sleep.
When
thou liest down, thou shalt
not be
afraid :
yea, thou shalt
lie
down, and thy sleep shall
be
sweet
.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, And
of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither
of the desolation of the wicked ,
when it cometh.
For Jehovah
is
at
thy side
, And He
hath
kept
thy foot from capture
.
For the
LORD
shall
be
thy confidence
, and shall
keep
thy foot from being
taken
.
Withhold not good from its
owners
, When thy
hand
`
is '
toward
God
to do `
it '
.
Withhold not good from them
to
whom
it
is
due
, when it
is in
the
power
of
thine
hand
to do it.
Say not thou
to
thy friend
, `
Go, and return
, and to -
morrow I give ,'
And
substance
with
thee.
Say not unto
thy neighbour
, Go, and come
again
, and to morrow I will
give ;
when
thou
hast
it
by
thee.
Devise not against thy neighbour evil
, And
he sitting
confidently
with
thee.
Devise not evil
against thy neighbour, seeing
he dwelleth
securely
by
thee.
Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not
done thee evil
.
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no
harm
.
Be
not envious
of
a
man
of
violence
, Nor
fix
thou
on
any
of his ways.
Envy
thou
not the
oppressor
, and
choose
none
of his ways.
For an
abomination to Jehovah
`is'
the perverted,
And
with
the
upright
`is'
His secret counsel
.
For the
froward
is
abomination to the LORD:
but
his secret is
with
the
righteous
.
The curse of Jehovah
`
is '
in the house of the wicked .
And
the habitation of the righteous
He
blesseth
.
The curse of the
LORD
is in the house of the wicked :
but
he
blesseth
the habitation of the just
.
If
the
scorners
He doth
scorn,
Yet
to
the humble
He doth
give
grace.
Surely
he scorneth
the scorners:
but
he giveth
grace unto
the
lowly
.
Honour
do
the wise inherit ,
And
fools
are
bearing
away
shame !
The wise shall
inherit glory:
but
shame shall
be
the
promotion
of
fools.
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