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Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.
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Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars -- seven.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
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She hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
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She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city:
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
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`Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,
5 “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
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`Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
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Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.
7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
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The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish.
8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.
11 For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
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If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest [it].
13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
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A foolish woman [is] noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,
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To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight [on] their paths.
16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
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`Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him,
17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
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`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'
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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And he hath not known that Rephaim [are] there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
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