Proverbs 4
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.
2 for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law.
For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.
3 For I was a son unto my father, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.
If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.
4 And he taught me, and said unto me, Let thy heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live.
And he taught me and he said to me let it hold fast to words my heart your keep commandments my and live.
5 Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee; love her, and she shall preserve thee.
May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.
7 The beginning of wisdom [is], Get wisdom; and with all thy getting get intelligence.
[is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.
8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee; she shall bring thee to honour when thou dost embrace her.
Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.
9 She shall give to thy head a garland of grace; a crown of glory will she bestow upon thee.
She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.
11 I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
[the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction, let [her] not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]:
In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].
15 avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.
16 For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
For not they will sleep if not they do harm and it is taken away sleep their if not (they bring injury. *QK)
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.
18 But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
And [the] path of righteous [people] [is] like a light of brightness [which] goes and [which] shines until [the] established [part] of the day.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
[the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.
Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.
23 Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life.
More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.
24 Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.
Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.
Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.
May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.
