The Latin Vulgate VUL
New International Version NIV
1 fili mi custodi sermones meos et praecepta mea reconde tibi
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My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
2 serva mandata mea et vives et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui
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Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 liga eam in digitis tuis scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui
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Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 dic sapientiae soror mea es et prudentiam voca amicam tuam
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Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 ut custodiat te a muliere extranea et ab aliena quae verba sua dulcia facit
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They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
6 de fenestra enim domus meae per cancellos prospexi
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At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
7 et video parvulos considero vecordem iuvenem
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I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.
8 qui transit in platea iuxta angulum et propter viam domus illius graditur
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He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
9 in obscuro advesperascente die in noctis tenebris et caligine
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at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
10 et ecce mulier occurrit illi ornatu meretricio praeparata ad capiendas animas garrula et vaga
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Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 quietis inpatiens nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis
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(She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
12 nunc foris nunc in plateis nunc iuxta angulos insidians
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now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
13 adprehensumque deosculatur iuvenem et procaci vultu blanditur dicens
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She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
14 victimas pro salute debui hodie reddidi vota mea
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“Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
15 idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum desiderans te videre et repperi
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So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
16 intexui funibus lectum meum stravi tapetibus pictis ex Aegypto
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I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
17 aspersi cubile meum murra et aloe et cinnamomo
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
18 veni inebriemur uberibus donec inlucescat dies et fruamur cupitis amplexibus
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Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love!
19 non est enim vir in domo sua abiit via longissima
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My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
20 sacculum pecuniae secum tulit in die plenae lunae reversurus est domum suam
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He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon.”
21 inretivit eum multis sermonibus et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum
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With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
22 statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam et quasi agnus lasciviens et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur
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All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
23 donec transfigat sagitta iecur eius velut si avis festinet ad laqueum et nescit quia de periculo animae illius agitur
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till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
24 nunc ergo fili audi me et adtende verba oris mei
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Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
25 ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua neque decipiaris semitis eius
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Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
26 multos enim vulneratos deiecit et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea
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Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
27 viae inferi domus eius penetrantes interiora mortis
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Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
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