Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
My son, attend unto my wisdom ;
Incline
thine ear to my understanding:
My son, attend unto my wisdom ,
and
bow
thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest preserve
discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
That thou mayest regard
discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
For the lips of a strange woman drop honey
, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
For the lips of a strange woman drop as
an
honeycomb
, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
But in
the
end she
is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
But her
end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
So
that
she
findeth
not
the level
path of life :
Her ways are unstable
, `and'
she
knoweth
`it'
not.
Lest
thou
shouldest
ponder
the path of life ,
her ways are moveable
, that
thou
canst
not know
them
.
Now therefore, `my'
sons,
hearken
unto
me
, And depart not from the words of my mouth.
Hear
me
now therefore, O
ye
children
, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house ;
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house :
Lest thou give thine honor
unto others, And thy years unto the cruel ;
Lest thou give thine honour
unto others, and thy years unto the cruel :
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength,
And thy labors
`
be '
in the house of an
alien,
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth;
and thy labours
be in the house of a
stranger;
And thou mourn at thy
latter
end
, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And thou mourn at the
last
, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Neither
have I
obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
And
have not
obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
I was well-nigh
in all evil In the midst of the assembly
and
congregation.
I was almost
in all evil in the midst of the congregation and
assembly
.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Should
thy springs
be dispersed abroad, And streams
of water
in the streets ?
Let
thy fountains
be dispersed abroad, and rivers
of waters
in the streets .
Let them be for
thyself
alone
, And not for
strangers with thee.
Let them be only
thine
own
, and not strangers '
with thee.
Let thy fountain be blessed ;
And rejoice in
the wife of thy youth.
Let thy fountain be blessed :
and rejoice with
the wife of thy youth.
`
As '
a
loving hind and a
pleasant doe,
Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
Let
her
be
as the
loving hind and pleasant roe;
let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
For
why shouldest
thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner
?
And
why wilt
thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger
?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah;
And he maketh
level
all his paths
.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the
LORD,
and he pondereth
all his goings
.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin
.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself
, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins
.
He shall die for
lack
of
instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
He shall die without
instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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