The Latin Vulgate VUL
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 verba Lamuhel regis visio qua erudivit eum mater sua
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Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:
2 quid dilecte mi quid dilecte uteri mei quid dilecte votorum meorum
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`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
3 ne dederis mulieribus substantiam tuam et vias tuas ad delendos reges
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Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.
4 noli regibus o Lamuhel noli regibus dare vinum quia nullum secretum est ubi regnat ebrietas
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Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.
5 ne forte bibat et obliviscatur iudiciorum et mutet causam filiorum pauperis
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Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
6 date siceram maerentibus et vinum his qui amaro sunt animo
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Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
7 bibant ut obliviscantur egestatis suae et doloris non recordentur amplius
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He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.
8 aperi os tuum muto et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt
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Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.
9 aperi os tuum decerne quod iustum est et iudica inopem et pauperem
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Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'
10 aleph mulierem fortem quis inveniet procul et de ultimis finibus pretium eius
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A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies [is] her price.
11 beth confidit in ea cor viri sui et spoliis non indigebit
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The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.
12 gimel reddet ei bonum et non malum omnibus diebus vitae suae
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She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.
13 deleth quaesivit lanam et linum et operata est consilio manuum suarum
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She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh [with] her hands.
14 he facta est quasi navis institoris de longe portat panem suum
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She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.
15 vav et de nocte surrexit deditque praedam domesticis suis et cibaria ancillis suis
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Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.
16 zai consideravit agrum et emit eum de fructu manuum suarum plantavit vineam
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She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.
17 heth accinxit fortitudine lumbos suos et roboravit brachium suum
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She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.
18 teth gustavit quia bona est negotiatio eius non extinguetur in nocte lucerna illius
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She hath perceived when her merchandise [is] good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.
19 ioth manum suam misit ad fortia et digiti eius adprehenderunt fusum
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Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.
20 caph manum suam aperuit inopi et palmas suas extendit ad pauperem
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Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.
21 lameth non timebit domui suae a frigoribus nivis omnes enim domestici eius vestiti duplicibus
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She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed [with] scarlet.
22 mem stragulam vestem fecit sibi byssus et purpura indumentum eius
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Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple [are] her clothing.
23 nun nobilis in portis vir eius quando sederit cum senatoribus terrae
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Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.
24 samech sindonem fecit et vendidit et cingulum tradidit Chananeo
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Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.
25 ain fortitudo et decor indumentum eius et ridebit in die novissimo
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Strength and honour [are] her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.
26 phe os suum aperuit sapientiae et lex clementiae in lingua eius
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Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.
27 sade considerat semitas domus suae et panem otiosa non comedet
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She [is] watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.
28 coph surrexerunt filii eius et beatissimam praedicaverunt vir eius et laudavit eam
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Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,
29 res multae filiae congregaverunt divitias tu supergressa es universas
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`Many [are] the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'
30 sin fallax gratia et vana est pulchritudo mulier timens Dominum ipsa laudabitur
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The grace [is] false, and the beauty [is] vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.
31 thau date ei de fructu manuum suarum et laudent eam in portis opera eius
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Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!
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