< Proverbs 8 >

1 ¿ Not wisdom does she call out and understanding does she give forth? voice her.
Doth not wisdom call, and understanding put forth her voice?
2 At [the] top of [the] heights on [the] way between [the] pathways she stations herself.
In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
3 To [the] side of [the] gates to [the] opening of [the] town [the] entrance of [the] doorways they cry aloud.
Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
4 To you O people I call and voice my [is] to [the] children of humankind.
'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 Understand O naive people prudence and O fools understand heart.
O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Listen for princely things I will speak and [the] utterance of lips my [will be] uprightness.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 For truth it will utter palate my and [is] an abomination of lips my wickedness.
For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 [are] Righteousness all [the] words of mouth my there not among them [is] a twisted [thing] and a distorted [thing].
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
9 All of them [are] right to the discerning [person] and upright to [those who] find knowledge.
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10 Take discipline my and may not [you take] silver and knowledge more than gold chosen.
Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For [is] good wisdom more than jewels and all pleasures not they compare with it.
For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
12 I wisdom I dwell prudence and knowledge of discretion I find.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
13 [the] fear of Yahweh [is] to hate evil pride and arrogance - and a way evil and a mouth of perversities I hate.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14 [belong] to Me counsel and sound wisdom I [am] understanding [belongs] to me strength.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
15 By me kings they reign and rulers they enact righteousness.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 By me princes they rule and noble [people] all judges of (righteousness. *LH)
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17 I ([those who] love me *QK) I love and [those who] earnestly seek me they find me.
I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
18 Wealth and honor [are] with me wealth enduring and righteousness.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
19 [is] good Fruit my more than gold and more than pure gold and gain my more than silver chosen.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.
20 In [the] path of righteousness I walk in [the] midst of [the] pathways of justice.
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
21 To give as an inheritance [those who] love me - substance and treasuries their I fill.
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
22 Yahweh he created me [the] beginning of way his [the] beginning of works his from then.
The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
23 From long ago I was installed from [the] beginning from [the] beginnings of [the] earth.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24 When there not [were] [the] deeps I was brought forth when there not [were] springs abounding of water.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 Before mountains they were planted before [the] hills I was brought forth.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
26 Until not he had made [the] earth and [the] open places and [the] first of [the] dusts of [the] world.
While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27 When established he [the] heavens [was] there I when marked out he a circle on [the] surface of [the] deep.
When He established the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
28 When made firm he [the] clouds above when became strong [the] springs of [the] deep.
When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
29 When set he for the sea - limit its and [the] waters not they will transgress mouth his when marked out he [the] foundations of [the] earth.
When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
30 And I was beside him an artisan and I was delight day - day playing before him at every time.
Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,
31 Playing in [the] world of earth his and delight my [were] with [the] children of humankind.
Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.
32 And therefore O children listen to me and how blessed! [are those who] ways my they observe.
Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy are they that keep my ways.
33 Listen to correction and act wisely and may not you neglect [it].
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 How blessed! [is] a person [who] listens to me by keeping watch at doors my day - day by watching [the] doorposts of doorways my.
Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For [one who] finds me (he finds *QK) life and he obtained favor from Yahweh.
For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
36 And [one who] misses me [is] doing wrong to self his all [those who] hate me they love death.
But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'

< Proverbs 8 >