The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 parabolae Salomonis filii David regis Israhel
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The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 ad sciendam sapientiam et disciplinam
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That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of insight,
3 ad intellegenda verba prudentiae et suscipiendam eruditionem doctrinae iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem
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receive instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity;
4 ut detur parvulis astutia adulescenti scientia et intellectus
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that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth--
5 audiens sapiens sapientior erit et intellegens gubernacula possidebit
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the wise man also may hear and increase in learning, and the man of understanding acquire skill,
6 animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem verba sapientium et enigmata eorum
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to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.
7 timor Domini principium scientiae sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8 audi fili mi disciplinam patris tui et ne dimittas legem matris tuae
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Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and reject not your mother's teaching;
9 ut addatur gratia capiti tuo et torques collo tuo
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for they are a fair garland for your head, and pendants for your neck.
10 fili mi si te lactaverint peccatores ne adquiescas
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
11 si dixerint veni nobiscum insidiemur sanguini abscondamus tendiculas contra insontem frustra
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If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
12 degluttiamus eum sicut infernus viventem et integrum quasi descendentem in lacum
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like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
13 omnem pretiosam substantiam repperiemus implebimus domos nostras spoliis
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we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 sortem mitte nobiscum marsuppium unum sit omnium nostrum
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throw in your lot among us, we will all have one purse" --
15 fili mi ne ambules cum eis prohibe pedem tuum a semitis eorum
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my son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their paths;
16 pedes enim illorum ad malum currunt et festinant ut effundant sanguinem
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for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
17 frustra autem iacitur rete ante oculos pinnatorum
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For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird;
18 ipsique contra sanguinem suum insidiantur et moliuntur fraudes contra animas suas
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but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives.
19 sic semitae omnis avari animas possidentium rapiunt
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Such are the ways of all who get gain by violence; it takes away the life of its possessors.
20 sapientia foris praedicat in plateis dat vocem suam
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Wisdom cries aloud in the street; in the markets she raises her voice;
21 in capite turbarum clamitat in foribus portarum urbis profert verba sua dicens
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on the top of the walls she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 usquequo parvuli diligitis infantiam et stulti ea quae sibi sunt noxia cupiunt et inprudentes odibunt scientiam
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"How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
23 convertimini ad correptionem meam en proferam vobis spiritum meum et ostendam verba mea
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Give heed to my reproof; behold, I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.
24 quia vocavi et rennuistis extendi manum meam et non fuit qui aspiceret
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Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 despexistis omne consilium meum et increpationes meas neglexistis
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and you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
26 ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo et subsannabo cum vobis quod timebatis advenerit
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I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,
27 cum inruerit repentina calamitas et interitus quasi tempestas ingruerit quando venerit super vos tribulatio et angustia
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when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 tunc invocabunt me et non exaudiam mane consurgent et non invenient me
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Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 eo quod exosam habuerint disciplinam et timorem Domini non susceperint
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Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,
30 nec adquieverint consilio meo et detraxerint universae correptioni meae
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would have none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,
31 comedent igitur fructus viae suae suisque consiliis saturabuntur
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therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.
32 aversio parvulorum interficiet eos et prosperitas stultorum perdet illos
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For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them;
33 qui autem me audierit absque terrore requiescet et abundantia perfruetur malorum timore sublato
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but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of evil."
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