The Latin Vulgate VUL
English Standard Version ESV
1 sapientia aedificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem
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Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
2 immolavit victimas suas miscuit vinum et proposuit mensam suam
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She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad moenia civitatis
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She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
4 si quis est parvulus veniat ad me et insipientibus locuta est
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“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ” To him who lacks sense she says,
5 venite comedite panem meum et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis
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“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 relinquite infantiam et vivite et ambulate per vias prudentiae
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Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight. ”
7 qui erudit derisorem ipse sibi facit iniuriam et qui arguit impium generat maculam sibi
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Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 noli arguere derisorem ne oderit te argue sapientem et diliget te
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Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 da sapienti et addetur ei sapientia doce iustum et festinabit accipere
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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 principium sapientiae timor Domini et scientia sanctorum prudentia
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui et addentur tibi anni vitae
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For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
12 si sapiens fueris tibimet ipsi eris si inlusor solus portabis malum
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
13 mulier stulta et clamosa plenaque inlecebris et nihil omnino sciens
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The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
14 sedit in foribus domus suae super sellam in excelso urbis loco
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She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
15 ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo
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calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
16 quis est parvulus declinet ad me et vecordi locuta est
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“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ”And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 aquae furtivae dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior
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“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ”
18 et ignoravit quod gigantes ibi sint et in profundis inferni convivae eius
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But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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