Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Hear, ye children
, the instruction of a father, and attend
to know understanding.
Hear, ye sons
, the instruction of a father, And give
attention
to know understanding.
For I give
you good
doctrine
, forsake
ye
not
my law.
For good
learning
I have
given
to
you, My law forsake
not
.
For I was
my father's
son,
tender and only beloved
in
the
sight
of
my mother.
For ,
a
son
I have
been
to
my father
--
tender ,
And an
only one
before
my mother.
He taught
me also
, and said
unto
me ,
Let thine
heart retain my words :
keep my commandments
, and live.
And
he directeth
me, and he
saith
to
me :
`
Let thy
heart retain my words ,
Keep my commands
, and live.
Get wisdom, get understanding :
forget
it
not ;
neither
decline
from the words
of my mouth.
Get wisdom, get understanding ,
Do
not forget,
nor
turn
away
From the sayings
of my mouth.
Forsake her not, and she shall
preserve thee :
love her, and she shall
keep thee.
Forsake her not, and she doth
preserve thee ,
Love her, and she doth
keep thee.
Wisdom
is
the principal
thing ;
therefore
get wisdom :
and with all thy getting get understanding.
The first
thing `is'
wisdom
--
get wisdom ,
And with all thy getting get understanding.
Exalt her, and she shall
promote
thee :
she shall
bring
thee to
honour
, when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and she doth
lift
thee up,
She honoureth
thee, when thou dost embrace her.
She shall
give
to thine
head an
ornament
of grace :
a crown of glory
shall
she deliver
to
thee.
She giveth
to thy
head a
wreath
of grace ,
A crown of beauty
she doth
give
thee freely
.
Hear, O
my son, and receive my sayings ;
and the
years of thy
life shall
be
many
.
Hear, my son, and receive my sayings ,
And years of life `are'
multiplied
to
thee
.
I
have
taught
thee
in the
way of wisdom ;
I have led
thee in right
paths.
In a
way of wisdom I have directed
thee ,
I
have
caused
thee
to
tread
in paths of
uprightness
.
When
thou
goest,
thy steps
shall
not be
straitened ;
and when
thou runnest, thou shalt
not stumble
.
In
thy walking
thy
step
is
not straitened ,
And if
thou runnest, thou stumblest
not.
Take
fast
hold of
instruction ;
let
her
not go:
keep her ;
for she is thy life.
Lay
hold on
instruction ,
do
not desist,
Keep her ,
for she `
is '
thy life.
Enter
not
into the path of the wicked, and go
not in the
way of evil men
.
Into the path of the wicked enter
not
, And be
not happy
in a
way of evil doers
.
Avoid it, pass not by
it, turn from it, and pass away
.
Avoid it, pass not over
into
it, Turn aside
from it, and pass on
.
For they sleep not ,
except
they have
done
mischief;
and their sleep is
taken away, unless
they cause some to fall
.
For they sleep not if
they do
not
evil,
And their sleep hath
been
taken violently
away, If
they cause not
`
some '
to stumble
.
For they eat
the
bread of wickedness, and drink
the
wine of violence.
For they have
eaten
bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they
drink
.
But
the path of the just
is as the
shining light, that
shineth
more
and more
unto
the perfect
day .
And
the path of the righteous
`
is '
as a
shining light, Going
and brightening
till
the day is
established,
The way of the wicked is as darkness :
they know
not at what they stumble.
The way of the wicked `
is '
as darkness ,
They have
not known
at what they stumble.
My son, attend
to my words ;
incline thine ear unto
my
sayings.
My son, to my words give
attention,
To
my
sayings
incline thine ear ,
Let them not depart
from thine eyes ;
keep
them in the midst of thine
heart.
Let them not turn
aside
from thine eyes ,
Preserve
them in the midst of thy
heart.
For they are life
unto
those that
find
them, and health
to all their flesh.
For life
they `
are '
to
those finding
them, And to all their flesh healing
.
Keep thy heart with
all
diligence;
for out of it are the issues
of life.
Above
every
charge
keep thy heart ,
For out of it `
are '
the outgoings
of life.
Put
away
from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee .
Turn
aside
from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee ,
Let
thine eyes look right
on
, and let
thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Thine eyes do
look straightforward
, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let
all thy ways be
established.
Ponder thou
the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are'
established.
Turn
not to the right hand
nor
to the left :
remove
thy foot from evil .
Incline
not `
to '
the right or
to the left ,
Turn
aside
thy foot from evil !
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