The Latin Vulgate VUL
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 audite filii disciplinam patris et adtendite ut sciatis prudentiam
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Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
2 donum bonum tribuam vobis legem meam ne derelinquatis
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For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
3 nam et ego filius fui patris mei tenellus et unigenitus coram matre mea
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For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
4 et docebat me atque dicebat suscipiat verba mea cor tuum custodi praecepta mea et vives
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And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
5 posside sapientiam posside prudentiam ne obliviscaris neque declines a verbis oris mei
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Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
6 ne dimittas eam et custodiet te dilige eam et servabit te
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Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
7 principium sapientiae posside sapientiam et in omni possessione tua adquire prudentiam
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The first thing [is] wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
8 arripe illam et exaltabit te glorificaberis ab ea cum eam fueris amplexatus
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Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
9 dabit capiti tuo augmenta gratiarum et corona inclita proteget te
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She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
10 audi fili mi et suscipe verba mea ut multiplicentur tibi anni vitae
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Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee.
11 viam sapientiae monstravi tibi duxi te per semitas aequitatis
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In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
12 quas cum ingressus fueris non artabuntur gressus tui et currens non habebis offendiculum
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In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
13 tene disciplinam ne dimittas eam custodi illam quia ipsa est vita tua
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Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.
14 ne delecteris semitis impiorum nec tibi placeat malorum via
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Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
15 fuge ab ea ne transeas per illam declina et desere eam
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Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
16 non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi subplantaverint
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For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.
17 comedunt panem impietatis et vinum iniquitatis bibunt
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For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
18 iustorum autem semita quasi lux splendens procedit et crescit usque ad perfectam diem
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And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
19 via impiorum tenebrosa nesciunt ubi corruant
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The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
20 fili mi ausculta sermones meos et ad eloquia mea inclina aurem tuam
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My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
21 ne recedant ab oculis tuis custodi ea in medio cordis tui
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Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
22 vita enim sunt invenientibus ea et universae carni sanitas
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For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
23 omni custodia serva cor tuum quia ex ipso vita procedit
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Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
24 remove a te os pravum et detrahentia labia sint procul a te
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Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
25 oculi tui recta videant et palpebrae tuae praecedant gressus tuos
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Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 dirige semitam pedibus tuis et omnes viae tuae stabilientur
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Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.
27 ne declines ad dexteram et ad sinistram averte pedem tuum a malo
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Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
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