< Proverbs 3 >
1 My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
O son my instruction my may not you forget and commandments my let it keep heart your.
2 For they shall increase the length of thy dayes and the yeeres of life, and thy prosperitie.
For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
3 Let not mercie and trueth forsake thee: binde them on thy necke, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
Loyalty and faithfulness may not they leave you bind them on necks your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
And find favor and insight good in [the] eyes of God and humankind.
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
Trust to Yahweh with all heart your and to own understanding your may not you depend.
6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
In all ways your acknowledge him and he he will make straight paths your.
7 Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
May not you be wise in own eyes your fear Yahweh and turn aside from evil.
8 So health shalbe vnto thy nauel, and marowe vnto thy bones.
Healing may it be to navel your and refreshment to bones your.
9 Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
Honor Yahweh from wealth your and from [the] first of all produce your.
10 So shall thy barnes be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall burst with newe wine.
So they may be filled storehouses your plenty and new wine wine vats your they will burst open.
11 My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.
[the] discipline of Yahweh O son my may not you reject and may not you loath rebuke his.
12 For the Lord correcteth him, whome he loueth, euen as the father doeth the childe in whom he deliteth.
For [the one] whom he loves Yahweh he reproves and like a father a son [whom] he is pleased with.
13 Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
How blessed! [is] a person [who] he finds wisdom and a person [who] he obtains understanding.
14 For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
For [is] good profit her more than [the] profit of silver and more than gold gain her.
15 It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
[is] precious She (more than jewels *Q(k)*) and all pleasures your not they compare with her.
16 Length of dayes is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and glory.
Length of days [is] in right [hand] her [are] in left [hand] her wealth and honor.
17 Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
Ways her [are] ways of kindness and all pathways her [are] well-being.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
[is] a tree of Life she to [those who] take hold on her and [those who] hold fast to her [are] called blessed.
19 The Lord by wisdome hath layde the foundation of the earth, and hath stablished the heauens through vnderstanding.
Yahweh by wisdom he founded [the] earth he established [the] heavens by understanding.
20 By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dewe.
By knowledge his [the] depths they were split open and clouds they dripped dew.
21 My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
O son my may not they depart from eyes your keep sound wisdom and discretion.
22 So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
So they may be life for self your and grace for neck your.
23 Then shalt thou walke safely by thy way: and thy foote shall not stumble.
Then you will walk to security way your and foot your not it will strike.
24 If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
If you will lie down not you will fear and you will lie down and it will be pleasing sleep your.
25 Thou shalt not feare for any sudden feare, neither for the destruction of the wicked, when it commeth.
May not you be afraid from terror suddenly and from [the] devastation of wicked [people] that it will come.
26 For the Lord shall be for thine assurance, and shall preserue thy foote from taking.
For Yahweh he will be confidence your and he will keep foot your from capture.
27 Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
May not you withhold good from owners its when belongs to [the] power of (hand your *Q(K)*) to do [it].
28 Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.
May not you say (to neighbor your *Q(K)*) go and come back and tomorrow I will give [it] and there is with you.
29 Intend none hurt against thy neighbour, seeing he doeth dwell without feare by thee.
May not you devise on neighbor your harm and he [is] dwelling to security with you.
30 Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
May not (you contend *Q(k)*) with anyone without cause if not he has dealt out to you evil.
31 Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
May not you be jealous of a person of violence and may not you choose all ways his.
32 For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
For [is] [the] abomination of Yahweh a crooked [person] and [is] with upright [people] intimacy his.
33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
[the] curse of Yahweh [is] on [the] house of [the] wicked and [the] habitation of righteous [people] he blesses.
34 With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
Though mockers he he mocks (and to humble [people] *Q(K)*) he gives favor.
35 The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
Honor wise [people] they will inherit and fools [is] lifting up shame.