The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 fili mi custodi sermones meos et praecepta mea reconde tibi
1
My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you;
2 serva mandata mea et vives et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui
2
keep my commandments and live, keep 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 call insight your intimate friend;
5 ut custodiat te a muliere extranea et ab aliena quae verba sua dulcia facit
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to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.
6 de fenestra enim domus meae per cancellos prospexi
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For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,
7 et video parvulos considero vecordem iuvenem
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and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man without sense,
8 qui transit in platea iuxta angulum et propter viam domus illius graditur
8
passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
9 in obscuro advesperascente die in noctis tenebris et caligine
9
in the twilight, in the evening, at the time of night and darkness.
10 et ecce mulier occurrit illi ornatu meretricio praeparata ad capiendas animas garrula et vaga
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And lo, a woman meets him, dressed as a harlot, wily of heart.
11 quietis inpatiens nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis
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She is loud and wayward, her feet do not stay at home;
12 nunc foris nunc in plateis nunc iuxta angulos insidians
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now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
13 adprehensumque deosculatur iuvenem et procaci vultu blanditur dicens
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She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:
14 victimas pro salute debui hodie reddidi vota mea
14
"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
15 idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum desiderans te videre et repperi
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so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
16 intexui funibus lectum meum stravi tapetibus pictis ex Aegypto
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I have decked my couch with coverings, colored spreads of Egyptian linen;
17 aspersi cubile meum murra et aloe et cinnamomo
17
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 us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
19 non est enim vir in domo sua abiit via longissima
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For 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 a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home."
21 inretivit eum multis sermonibus et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum
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With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.
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 follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast
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 its entrails; as a bird rushes into a snare; he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 nunc ergo fili audi me et adtende verba oris mei
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And now, O sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua neque decipiaris semitis eius
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Let not your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths;
26 multos enim vulneratos deiecit et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea
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for many a victim has she laid low; yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
27 viae inferi domus eius penetrantes interiora mortis
27
Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
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