The Latin Vulgate VUL
American Standard Version ASV
1 fili mi adtende sapientiam meam et prudentiae meae inclina aurem tuam
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My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
2 ut custodias cogitationes et disciplinam labia tua conservent
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That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3 favus enim stillans labia meretricis et nitidius oleo guttur eius
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For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:
4 novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium et acuta quasi gladius biceps
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But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 pedes eius descendunt in mortem et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant
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Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;
6 per semitam vitae non ambulat vagi sunt gressus eius et investigabiles
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So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.
7 nunc ergo fili audi me et ne recedas a verbis oris mei
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Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 longe fac ab ea viam tuam et ne adpropinques foribus domus eius
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Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
9 ne des alienis honorem tuum et annos tuos crudeli
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Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;
10 ne forte impleantur extranei viribus tuis et labores tui sint in domo aliena
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Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
11 et gemas in novissimis quando consumpseris carnes et corpus tuum et dicas
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And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
12 cur detestatus sum disciplinam et increpationibus non adquievit cor meum
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And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
13 nec audivi vocem docentium me et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam
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Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 paene fui in omni malo in medio ecclesiae et synagogae
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I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.
15 bibe aquam de cisterna tua et fluenta putei tui
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
16 deriventur fontes tui foras et in plateis aquas tuas divide
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Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?
17 habeto eas solus nec sint alieni participes tui
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Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.
18 sit vena tua benedicta et laetare cum muliere adulescentiae tuae
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Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
19 cerva carissima et gratissimus hinulus ubera eius inebrient te omni tempore in amore illius delectare iugiter
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[As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
20 quare seduceris fili mi ab aliena et foveris sinu alterius
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For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21 respicit Dominus vias hominis et omnes gressus illius considerat
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
22 iniquitates suae capiunt impium et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur
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His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
23 ipse morietur quia non habuit disciplinam et multitudine stultitiae suae decipietur
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He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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