The Latin Vulgate VUL
The Webster Bible WBT
1 sapientia aedificavit sibi domum excidit columnas septem
1
Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2 immolavit victimas suas miscuit vinum et proposuit mensam suam
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She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3 misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad moenia civitatis
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She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4 si quis est parvulus veniat ad me et insipientibus locuta est
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Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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 [which] I have mingled.
6 relinquite infantiam et vivite et ambulate per vias prudentiae
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 qui erudit derisorem ipse sibi facit iniuriam et qui arguit impium generat maculam sibi
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He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
8 noli arguere derisorem ne oderit te argue sapientem et diliget te
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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 yet wiser: teach a just [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 [is] understanding.
11 per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui et addentur tibi anni vitae
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 si sapiens fueris tibimet ipsi eris si inlusor solus portabis malum
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If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
13 mulier stulta et clamosa plenaque inlecebris et nihil omnino sciens
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A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 sedit in foribus domus suae super sellam in excelso urbis loco
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo
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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 quis est parvulus declinet ad me et vecordi locuta est
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Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 aquae furtivae dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior
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Stolen waters are 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 knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
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