The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 fili mi si susceperis sermones meos et mandata mea absconderis penes te
1
My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
2 ut audiat sapientiam auris tua inclina cor tuum ad noscendam prudentiam
2
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
3 si enim sapientiam invocaveris et inclinaveris cor tuum prudentiae
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yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding,
4 si quaesieris eam quasi pecuniam et sicut thesauros effoderis illam
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if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures;
5 tunc intelleges timorem Domini et scientiam Dei invenies
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then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find 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
8
guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his saints.
9 tunc intelleges iustitiam et iudicium et aequitatem et omnem semitam bonam
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Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path;
10 si intraverit sapientia cor tuum et scientia animae tuae placuerit
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for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 consilium custodiet te prudentia servabit te
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discretion will watch over you; understanding will guard you;
12 ut eruaris de via mala ab homine qui perversa loquitur
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delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech,
13 qui relinquunt iter rectum et ambulant per vias tenebrosas
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who forsake 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 rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil;
15 quorum viae perversae et infames gressus eorum
15
men 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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You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words,
17 et relinquit ducem pubertatis suae
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who forsakes 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 paths to the shades;
19 omnes qui ingrediuntur ad eam non revertentur nec adprehendent semitas vitae
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none who go to her come back nor do they regain 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 inhabit the land, and men of integrity 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 rooted out of it.
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