The Latin Vulgate VUL
New American Standard Bible NAS
1 fili mi si susceperis sermones meos et mandata mea absconderis penes te
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My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,
2 ut audiat sapientiam auris tua inclina cor tuum ad noscendam prudentiam
2
Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding;
3 si enim sapientiam invocaveris et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae
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For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding;
4 si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam et sicut thesauros effoderis illam
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If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 tunc intelleges timorem Domini et scientiam Dei invenies
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Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God.
6 quia Dominus dat sapientiam et ex ore eius scientia et prudentia
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For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 custodiet rectorum salutem et proteget gradientes simpliciter
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He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 servans semitas iustitiae et vias sanctorum custodiens
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Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
9 tunc intelleges iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem et omnem semitam bonam
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Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good course.
10 si intraverit sapientia cor tuum et scientia animae tuae placuerit
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For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 consilium custodiet te prudentia servabit te
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Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,
12 ut eruaris de via mala ab homine qui perversa loquitur
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To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things;
13 qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas
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From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
14 qui laetantur cum malefecerint et exultant in rebus pessimis
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Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 quorum viae perversae et infames gressus eorum
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Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;
16 ut eruaris a muliere aliena et ab extranea quae mollit sermones suos
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To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
17 et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae
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That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
18 et pacti Dei sui oblita est inclinata est enim ad mortem domus eius et ad impios semitae ipsius
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For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead;
19 omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur nec adprehendent semitas vitae
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None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
20 ut ambules in via bona et calles iustorum custodias
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So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra et simplices permanebunt in ea
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For the upright will live in the land And the blameless will remain in it;
22 impii vero de terra perdentur et qui inique agunt auferentur ex ea
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But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
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