Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
[the] proverbs of Solomon [the] son of David [the] king of Israel.
2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
To learn wisdom and discipline to teach words of understanding.
3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
To receive correction of insight righteousness and justice and uprightness.
4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—
To give to naive people prudence to a youth knowledge and discretion.
5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
Let him listen a prudent [one] and let him increase insight and a discerning [one] wise directions let him get.
6 to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
To understand a proverb and an enigma [the] words of learned ones and parables their.
7 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
[the] fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge wisdom and discipline fools they despise.
8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
Listen to O son my [the] correction of father your and may not you reject [the] instruction of mother your.
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
For - [will be] a wreath of favor they for head your and necklaces for neck your.
10 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
O son my if they will entice you sinners may not you be willing.
11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
If they will say come! with us let us lie in wait for blood let us lie hidden for an innocent [one] without cause.
12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. (Sheol h7585)
Let us engulf them like Sheol alive and complete like [those who] go down of [the] pit. (Sheol h7585)
13 We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
All wealth prized we will find we will fill houses our plunder.
14 You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—
Lot your you will cast in midst of us a bag one it will belong to all of us.
15 my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
O son my may not you walk in [the] way with them restrain foot your from pathway their.
16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
For feet their to evil they run and they may make haste to shed blood.
17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
For in vain [is] spread out the net in [the] eyes of every owner of a wing.
18 but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
And they for own blood their they lie in wait they lie hidden for own life their.
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
[are] thus [the] paths of Every [one who] gains unjustly unjust gain [the] life of owners its it will take.
20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
Wisdom in the street it cries aloud in the open places she gives voice her.
21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
At [the] top of noisy [places] she calls out at [the] entrances of [the] gates in the city sayings her she utters.
22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
Until when? - O naive people will you love naivete and mockers mockery do they delight in? themselves and fools will they hate? knowledge.
23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
You will turn back to rebuke my here! I will pour out to you spirit my let me declare words my you.
24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
Because I called and you refused I offered hand my and there not [was] an attentive [one].
25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
And you ignored all advice my and rebuke my not you yielded to.
26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,
Also I at calamity your I will laugh I will mock when comes dread your.
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.
When comes (like devastation *QK) dread your and calamity your like a storm-wind it will arrive when comes on you trouble and distress.
28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
Then they will call to me and not I will answer they will earnestly seek me and not they will find me.
29 because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh.
Because for they hated knowledge and [the] fear of Yahweh not they chose.
30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Not they yielded to advice my they spurned all rebuke my.
31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
So they may eat from [the] fruit of way their and from own schemes their they will be surfeited.
32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
For [the] waywardness of naive people it will ruin them and [the] ease of fools it will destroy them.
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”
And [one who] listens to me he will dwell security and he will be at ease from dread of trouble.
