Proverbs 8
1 Behold, wisdom calleth, and understanding sendeth forth her voice,
¿ Not wisdom does she call out and understanding does she give forth? voice her.
2 On the top of high places, by the wayside, at the house where there are [many] paths doth she place herself.
At [the] top of [the] heights on [the] way between [the] pathways she stations herself.
3 Alongside of gates, at the opening of the city, at the entrance of the town[-doors] doth she call loudly,
To [the] side of [the] gates to [the] opening of [the] town [the] entrance of [the] doorways they cry aloud.
4 Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice [goeth forth] to the sons of men,
To you O people I call and voice my [is] to [the] children of humankind.
5 Learn, O ye simple, to understand prudence: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Understand O naive people prudence and O fools understand heart.
6 Hear! for of noble things will I speak; and the opening of my lips shall be of what is equitable.
Listen for princely things I will speak and [the] utterance of lips my [will be] uprightness.
7 For truth uttereth my palate ever, and the abomination of my lips is wickedness.
For truth it will utter palate my and [is] an abomination of lips my wickedness.
8 In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, there is in them nothing crooked or perverse.
[are] Righteousness all [the] words of mouth my there not among them [is] a twisted [thing] and a distorted [thing].
9 They are all evident to the man of understanding, and correct to those that have obtained knowledge.
All of them [are] right to the discerning [person] and upright to [those who] find knowledge.
10 Accept my correction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Take discipline my and may not [you take] silver and knowledge more than gold chosen.
11 For wisdom is better than pearls; and all the things that men wish for are not equal to her.
For [is] good wisdom more than jewels and all pleasures not they compare with it.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and the knowledge of discreet thoughts do I discover.
I wisdom I dwell prudence and knowledge of discretion I find.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way: and the mouth of perverseness do I hate.
[the] fear of Yahweh [is] to hate evil pride and arrogance - and a way evil and a mouth of perversities I hate.
14 Mine are counsel and sound wisdom: I am understanding; mine is might.
[belong] to Me counsel and sound wisdom I [am] understanding [belongs] to me strength.
15 Through me do kings reign, and chieftains give decrees [in] righteousness.
By me kings they reign and rulers they enact righteousness.
16 Through me do princes rule, and the nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
By me princes they rule and noble [people] all judges of (righteousness. *L(H)*)
17 I indeed love those that love me: and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
I ([those who] love me *Q(K)*) I love and [those who] earnestly seek me they find me.
18 Riches and honor are with me, yea, enduring wealth and righteousness.
Wealth and honor [are] with me wealth enduring and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold, and than fine gold; and my products, than choice silver.
[is] good Fruit my more than gold and more than pure gold and gain my more than silver chosen.
20 On the road of righteousness do I walk firmly, in the midst the paths of justice:
In [the] path of righteousness I walk in [the] midst of [the] pathways of justice.
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit a lasting possession; and their treasures will I fill
To give as an inheritance [those who] love me - substance and treasuries their I fill.
22 The Lord created me as the beginning of his way, the first of his works from the commencement,
Yahweh he created me [the] beginning of way his [the] beginning of works his from then.
23 From eternity was I appointed chief, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.
From long ago I was installed from [the] beginning from [the] beginnings of [the] earth.
24 When there were yet no depths, was I brought forth; when there were yet no springs laden heavily with water.
When there not [were] [the] deeps I was brought forth when there not [were] springs abounding of water.
25 Before the mountains were yet sunk down, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before mountains they were planted before [the] hills I was brought forth.
26 While as yet he had not made the land and open fields, nor the chief of the dust of the world.
Until not he had made [the] earth and [the] open places and [the] first of [the] dusts of [the] world.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle over the face of the deep;
When established he [the] heavens [was] there I when marked out he a circle on [the] surface of [the] deep.
28 When he fastened the skies above; when the springs of the deep became strong;
When made firm he [the] clouds above when became strong [the] springs of [the] deep.
29 When he assigned to the sea his decree, that the waters should not transgress his order: when he established firmly the foundations of the earth:
When set he for the sea - limit its and [the] waters not they will transgress mouth his when marked out he [the] foundations of [the] earth.
30 Then was I near him, as a nursling: and I was day by day [his] delights, playing before him at all times;
And I was beside him an artisan and I was delight day - day playing before him at every time.
31 Playing in the world, his earth; and having my delights with the sons of men.
Playing in [the] world of earth his and delight my [were] with [the] children of humankind.
32 And now, O children [of men], hearken unto me! for happy those that observe my ways.
And therefore O children listen to me and how blessed! [are those who] ways my they observe.
33 Hear correction, and be wise, and reject it not.
Listen to correction and act wisely and may not you neglect [it].
34 Happy is the man that hearkeneth unto me, watching day by day at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
How blessed! [is] a person [who] listens to me by keeping watch at doors my day - day by watching [the] doorposts of doorways my.
35 For he who findeth me findeth life, and he obtaineth favor from the Lord.
For [one who] finds me (he finds *Q(K)*) life and he obtained favor from Yahweh.
36 But he that sinneth against me doth violence to his own soul: all those that hate me love death.
And [one who] misses me [is] doing wrong to self his all [those who] hate me they love death.
