Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
My son !
keep my sayings
, And my
commands
lay up with thee.
My son ,
keep my words
, and lay up my
commandments
with thee.
Keep my commands
, and live ,
And my law as the pupil
of thine eye.
Keep my commandments
, and live ;
and my law as the apple
of thine eye.
Bind them on
thy fingers, Write them on
the tablet
of thy
heart.
Bind them upon
thy fingers, write them upon
the table
of thine
heart.
Say to
wisdom, `My
sister
Thou `
art '.'
And cry
to
understanding ,
`
Kinswoman !'
Say unto
wisdom, Thou art my
sister;
and call
understanding thy
kinswoman :
To
preserve
thee from a
strange woman, From a
stranger who
hath
made
smooth
her sayings
.
That
they
may
keep
thee from the
strange woman, from the
stranger which
flattereth
with
her words
.
For ,
at a
window of my house ,
Through my casement I
have
looked
out
,
For at the
window of my house I
looked
through my casement,
And I
do
see
among the simple ones, I discern
among the sons
, A young man lacking
understanding,
And beheld
among the simple ones, I discerned
among the youths
, a young man void
of
understanding,
Passing on
in
the street ,
near her corner ,
And the way `
to '
her house he
doth
step
,
Passing through
the street near her corner ;
and he
went
the way to her house,
In the twilight --
in the evening of
day
, In the darkness
of
night
and blackness.
In the twilight ,
in the evening, in the black
and dark
night:
And, lo
, a
woman
to
meet
him --
(
A harlot's
dress
, and watchful
of heart ,
And, behold
, there
met
him a woman
with
the
attire
of
an
harlot
, and subtil
of heart .
Noisy
she `
is ',
and stubborn ,
In
her
house
her feet rest
not .
(
She is loud
and stubborn ;
her feet abide
not in
her
house:
Now in
an
out-place
, now in broad
places
, And near
every
corner
she
lieth in wait) --
Now is
she
without
, now in the
streets
, and lieth in wait at
every
corner.
)
And
she laid
hold
on
him, and kissed him, She
hath
hardened
her
face,
and saith
to
him,
So
she caught
him, and kissed him, and with
an
impudent
face
said
unto
him,
`Sacrifices
of
peace -
offerings `are'
by
me ,
To-
day I
have completed
my vows.
I
have
peace offerings with
me ;
this
day have I
payed
my vows.
Therefore I have
come
forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly
thy face, and I find
thee.
Therefore came
I forth to meet thee, diligently
to seek thy face, and I have
found
thee.
`With'
ornamental
coverings
I decked my couch
, Carved works --
cotton
of Egypt.
I have
decked my bed
with
coverings
of
tapestry
, with
carved works ,
with
fine
linen
of Egypt.
I sprinkled
my bed --
myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I have
perfumed
my bed with
myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Come, we
are
filled
`with'
loves
till
the morning ,
We
delight
ourselves in
loves.
Come, let
us
take
our
fill
of
love
until
the morning :
let
us
solace
ourselves with
loves.
For the man
is not in
his
house
, He hath
gone on
a long journey .
For the goodman
is not at
home
, he is
gone a long journey :
A bag of money he
hath
taken
in
his
hand
, At the day of
the
new
moon
he
cometh
to
his
house
. '
He
hath
taken
a bag of money with
him
, and
will
come
home
at the day appointed
.
She
turneth
him
aside
with the
abundance
of
her speech, With the flattery
of her lips she forceth
him.
With her much
fair
speech she
caused
him
to
yield
, with the flattering
of her lips she forced
him.
He is
going
after her straightway, As an ox unto
the slaughter he
cometh
, And
as a fetter
unto
the chastisement
of a
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
doth
split
his liver ,
As a bird hath
hastened
unto
a
snare, And hath
not known
that it `
is '
for its
life.
Till a
dart
strike
through
his liver ;
as a bird hasteth
to
the
snare, and knoweth
not that it is for his
life.
And
now, ye sons,
hearken
to
me
, And give
attention
to sayings
of my mouth.
Hearken
unto
me
now therefore
, O
ye children
, and attend
to the
words
of my mouth.
Let not thy
heart turn
unto
her ways, Do
not wander
in her paths ,
Let not thine
heart decline
to
her ways, go
not astray
in her paths .
For many `are'
the
wounded she
caused
to
fall
, And
mighty
`are'
all
her
slain ones
.
For she
hath
cast
down
many wounded :
yea
, many
strong
men
have
been
slain by
her
.
The
ways
of
Sheol
--
her house, Going down unto
inner
chambers of death !
Her house is
the
way
to
hell
, going down to
the
chambers of death .
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