The Latin Vulgate VUL
New Century Version NCV
1 sapientia aedificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem
1
Wisdom has built her house; she has made its seven columns.
2 immolavit victimas suas miscuit vinum et proposuit mensam suam
2
She has prepared her food and wine; she has set her table.
3 misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad moenia civitatis
3
She has sent out her servant girls, and she calls out from the highest place in the city.
4 si quis est parvulus veniat ad me et insipientibus locuta est
4
She says to those who are uneducated, "Come in here, you foolish people!
5 venite comedite panem meum et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis
5
Come and eat my food and drink the wine I have prepared.
6 relinquite infantiam et vivite et ambulate per vias prudentiae
6
Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.
7 qui erudit derisorem ipse sibi facit iniuriam et qui arguit impium generat maculam sibi
7
"If you correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, you will be insulted. If you correct an evil person, you will get hurt.
8 noli arguere derisorem ne oderit te argue sapientem et diliget te
8
Do not correct those who make fun of wisdom, or they will hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
9 da sapienti et addetur ei sapientia doce iustum et festinabit accipere
9
Teach the wise, and they will become even wiser; teach good people, and they will learn even more.
10 principium sapientiae timor Domini et scientia sanctorum prudentia
10
"Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord, and understanding begins with knowing the Holy One.
11 per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui et addentur tibi anni vitae
11
If you live wisely, you will live a long time; wisdom will add years to your life.
12 si sapiens fueris tibimet ipsi eris si inlusor solus portabis malum
12
The wise person is rewarded by wisdom, but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it."
13 mulier stulta et clamosa plenaque inlecebris et nihil omnino sciens
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Foolishness is like a loud woman; she does not have wisdom or knowledge.
14 sedit in foribus domus suae super sellam in excelso urbis loco
14
She sits at the door of her house at the highest place in the city.
15 ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo
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She calls out to those who are passing by, who are going along, minding their own business.
16 quis est parvulus declinet ad me et vecordi locuta est
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She says to those who are uneducated, "Come in here, you foolish people!
17 aquae furtivae dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior
17
Stolen water is sweeter, and food eaten in secret tastes better."
18 et ignoravit quod gigantes ibi sint et in profundis inferni convivae eius
18
But these people don't know that everyone who goes there dies, that her guests end up deep in the grave.
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Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.