Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments. son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:
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My child, keep my words and store up my commandments with you;
2 keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and my words as the pupils of eyes.
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keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
3 And bind them on thy fingers, and write on the table of thine heart.
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bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
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Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend,
5 that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.
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that they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
6 For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
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For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,
7 passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
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and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,
8 and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
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passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
9 when there happens the stillness of night and of darkness:
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in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
10 and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
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Then a woman comes toward him, decked out like a prostitute, wily of heart.
11 And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
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She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;
12 For at one time she wanders without, and at time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
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now in the street, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in wait.
13 Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
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She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
14 I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
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"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
15 therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; I have found thee.
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so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you!
16 I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
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I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
17 I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
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Come, let us take our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
19 For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
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For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
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He took a bag of money with him; he will not come home until full moon."
21 So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from .
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With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
22 And he followed her, being gently led on, and as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
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Right away he follows her, and goes like an ox to the slaughter, or bounds like a stag toward the trap
23 and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for life.
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until an arrow pierces its entrails. He is like a bird rushing into a snare, not knowing that it will cost him his life.
24 Now then, son, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways :
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Do not let your hearts turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
26 for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
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for many are those she has laid low, and numerous are her victims.
27 Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
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Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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