My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
Translation comparison
Proverbs 7
27 aligned verses; 23 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye.
Keep my commandments ,
and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Bind them upon thy fingers ;
Write them upon the tablet
of thy
heart.
Bind them upon thy fingers ,
write them upon the table
of thine
heart.
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding `
thy '
kinswoman:
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner
that
flattereth with her words.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger
which
flattereth with her words.
For at the window of my house I looked forth
through my lattice;
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
And I
beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In the twilight, in the evening of
the
day
, In the middle
of
the
night
and in
the
darkness.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black
and dark
night:
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a
harlot, and wily
of heart.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an
harlot, and subtil
of heart.
She is clamorous
and wilful
; Her feet abide not in her house:
(
She is loud
and stubborn
; her feet abide not in her house:
Now she
is in
the
streets
, now in the broad
places
, And lieth in wait at every corner.
Now is she
without
, now in the streets
, and lieth in wait at every corner. )
So she caught him, and kissed him, `
And '
with an impudent face she
said unto him :
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him ,
Sacrifices
of
peace -
offerings are
with me; This day have I paid
my vows.
I
have
peace offerings with me; this day have I payed
my vows.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
I have spread
my couch
with carpets
of tapestry, With striped
cloths
of
the
yarn
of Egypt.
I have decked
my bed
with coverings
of tapestry, with carved
works,
with
fine
linen
of Egypt.
I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning ;
Let us solace ourselves with loves.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning :
let us solace ourselves with loves.
For the man
is not at home ;
He is gone a long journey:
For the goodman
is not at home ,
he is gone a long journey:
He hath taken a bag of money with him ;
He
will come home at the full
moon
.
He hath taken a bag of money with him ,
and
will come home at the day
appointed
.
With her much fair speech she causeth
him to yield ;
With the flattering of her lips she forceth
him along
.
With her much fair speech she caused
him to yield ,
with the flattering of her lips she forced
him.
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as `one
in'
fetters
to the correction of the fool
;
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a
fool
to the correction of the stocks
;
Till an
arrow
strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
Till a
dart
strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Now
therefore,
`my'
sons,
hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.
Hearken unto me now
therefore
, O
ye
children,
and attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thy
heart decline to her ways ;
Go not astray in her paths.
Let not thine
heart decline to her ways ,
go not astray in her paths.
For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all
her
slain are
a
mighty
host
.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many
strong
men
have
been
slain by
her
.
Her house is the way to Sheol
, Going down to the chambers of death.
Her house is the way to hell
, going down to the chambers of death.
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