Revised Standard Version RSV
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
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fili mi custodi sermones meos et praecepta mea reconde tibi
2 keep my commandments and live, keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;
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serva mandata mea et vives et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui
3 bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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liga eam in digitis tuis scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui
4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend;
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dic sapientiae soror mea es et prudentiam voca amicam tuam
5 to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.
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ut custodiat te a muliere extranea et ab aliena quae verba sua dulcia facit
6 For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,
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de fenestra enim domus meae per cancellos prospexi
7 and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense,
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et video parvulos considero vecordem iuvenem
8 passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
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qui transit in platea iuxta angulum et propter viam domus illius graditur
9 in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
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in obscuro advesperascente die in noctis tenebris et caligine
10 And lo, a woman meets him, dressed as a harlot, wily of heart.
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et ecce mulier occurrit illi ornatu meretricio praeparata ad capiendas animas garrula et vaga
11 She is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home;
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quietis inpatiens nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis
12 now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
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nunc foris nunc in plateis nunc iuxta angulos insidians
13 She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
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adprehensumque deosculatur iuvenem et procaci vultu blanditur dicens
14 "I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
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victimas pro salute debui hodie reddidi vota mea
15 so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
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idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum desiderans te videre et repperi
16 I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
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intexui funibus lectum meum stravi tapetibus pictis ex Aegypto
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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aspersi cubile meum murra et aloe et cinnamomo
18 Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
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veni inebriemur uberibus donec inlucescat dies et fruamur cupitis amplexibus
19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
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non est enim vir in domo sua abiit via longissima
20 he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home."
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sacculum pecuniae secum tulit in die plenae lunae reversurus est domum suam
21 With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
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inretivit eum multis sermonibus et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum
22 All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
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statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam et quasi agnus lasciviens et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur
23 till an arrow pierces its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
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donec transfigat sagitta iecur eius velut si avis festinet ad laqueum et nescit quia de periculo animae illius agitur
24 And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
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nunc ergo fili audi me et adtende verba oris mei
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths;
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ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua neque decipiaris semitis eius
26 for many a victim has she laid low; yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
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multos enim vulneratos deiecit et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea
27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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viae inferi domus eius penetrantes interiora mortis
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.