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1 My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
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1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
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2 Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
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2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
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3 Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
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3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
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4 Say to wisdom, `My sister Thou [art].' And cry to understanding, `Kinswoman!'
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4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman;
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5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
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5 they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.
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6 For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
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6 At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.
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7 And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
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7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.
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8 Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
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8 He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
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9 In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
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9 at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
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10 And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
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10 Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
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11 Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
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11 (She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
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12 Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
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12 now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
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13 And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
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13 She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
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14 `Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, To-day I have completed my vows.
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14 "I have fellowship offerings at home; today I fulfilled my vows.
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15 Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
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15 So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
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16 [With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.
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16 I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
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17 I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
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18 Come, we are filled [with] loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
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18 Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!
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19 For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
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19 My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
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20 A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
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20 He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."
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21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
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21 With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
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22 He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
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22 All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
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23 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.
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23 till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
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24 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
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24 Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
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25 Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
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25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
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26 For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
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26 Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
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27 The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
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27 Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
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