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The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.
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sapientia aedificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
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immolavit victimas suas miscuit vinum et proposuit mensam suam
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
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misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad moenia civitatis
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
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si quis est parvulus veniat ad me et insipientibus locuta est
5 “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
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venite comedite panem meum et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
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relinquite infantiam et vivite et ambulate per vias prudentiae
7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
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qui erudit derisorem ipse sibi facit iniuriam et qui arguit impium generat maculam sibi
8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
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noli arguere derisorem ne oderit te argue sapientem et diliget te
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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da sapienti et addetur ei sapientia doce iustum et festinabit accipere
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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principium sapientiae timor Domini et scientia sanctorum prudentia
11 For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui et addentur tibi anni vitae
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
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si sapiens fueris tibimet ipsi eris si inlusor solus portabis malum
13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
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mulier stulta et clamosa plenaque inlecebris et nihil omnino sciens
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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sedit in foribus domus suae super sellam in excelso urbis loco
15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,
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ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo
16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
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quis est parvulus declinet ad me et vecordi locuta est
17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
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aquae furtivae dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior
18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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et ignoravit quod gigantes ibi sint et in profundis inferni convivae eius
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