Wisdom has built her house ;
she has carved out her seven pillars.
Wisdom has built her house .
She has carved out her seven pillars.
Translation comparison
Proverbs 9
18 aligned verses; 18 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
She has prepared her meat and
mixed her wine ;
she has also set her table.
She has prepared her meat .
She
has
mixed her wine .
She has also set her table.
She has sent out her maidservants;
she calls
out
from the heights
of the city .
She has sent out her maidens.
She cries
from the highest
places
of the city :
“
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ”
she says to him who
lacks
judgment.
"
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! "
As
for
him
who
is
void
of
understanding,
she says to him ,
“
Come, eat my bread and
drink the wine I have mixed .
"
Come, eat some
of
my bread ,
Drink some
of
the wine which
I have mixed !
Leave your folly
behind
, and you
will
live ;
walk in the way of understanding. ”
Leave your simple
ways
, and live .
Walk in the way of understanding. "
He who corrects a mocker brings
shame
on
himself;
he who rebukes
a wicked man taints
himself
.
He who corrects a mocker invites
insult.
He who reproves
a wicked man invites
abuse
.
Do
not
rebuke
a mocker
, or
he will
hate you ;
rebuke
a wise man, and he will love you.
Don't
reprove
a scoffer
, lest
he hate you .
Reprove
a wise man, and he will love you.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser
still ;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase his
learning.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser.
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in
learning.
The fear of the
LORD
is the beginning of wisdom ,
and
knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
The fear of Yahweh
is the beginning of wisdom .
The
knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
For through
wisdom
your days will be multiplied ,
and
years will
be
added
to
your life.
For by
me
your days will be multiplied .
The
years of
your life will
be
increased
.
If you are wise, you are wise to
your
own
advantage;
but
if you scoff
, you alone will bear the
consequences
.
If you are wise, you are wise for
yourself.
If you mock
, you alone will bear it
.
The woman named
Folly
is loud ;
she
is
naive
and knows nothing.
The foolish
woman is loud ,
Undisciplined,
and knows nothing.
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights
of the city,
She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high
places
of the city,
calling
out
to those who pass by, who make
their
paths
straight .
To call
to
those who pass by, Who go
straight on
their
ways,
“
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here !”
she says to him who
lacks
judgment.
"
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here ."
As
for
him
who
is
void
of
understanding,
she says to him ,
“
Stolen water is sweet ,
and
bread
eaten in secret is tasty!”
"
Stolen water is sweet .
Food
eaten in secret is pleasant."
But they
do
not
know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
But he
doesn't
know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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