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