Proverbs 4
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend, that ye may learn understanding!
Listen to O children [the] correction of a father and be attentive to know understanding.
2 For I give you good instruction; Forsake ye not my commandments.
For instruction good I give to you instruction my may not you neglect.
3 For I was my father's son, A tender and only child in the sight of my mother.
If a son I was of father my tender and only [child] before mother my.
4 He taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments, and live.
And he taught me and he said to me let it hold fast to words my heart your keep commandments my and live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, and depart not from, the words of my mouth.
Acquire wisdom acquire understanding may not you forget and may not you turn aside from [the] utterances of mouth my.
6 Forsake her not, and she will guard thee: Love her, and she will preserve thee.
May not you abandon her and she will keep you love her and she will guard you.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore gain wisdom, And with all thy gain, gain understanding.
[is] first Wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding.
8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her;
Esteem her and she will exalt you she will honor you if you will embrace her.
9 She will give to thy head a graceful wreath, A beautiful crown will she bestow upon thee.
She will put to head your a wreath of grace a crown of beauty she will give you.
10 Hear, O my son! and receive my sayings! So shall the years of thy life be many.
Listen O son my and receive words my so they may increase for you years of life.
11 I have taught thee the way of wisdom, I have guided thee in the right path.
[the] way of Wisdom I taught you I led you in tracks of uprightness.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be confined; And, when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
When walking you not anyone will hinder step[s] your and if you will run not you will stumble.
13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go; Keep her, for she is thy life.
Take hold on discipline may not you let go keep her for she [is] life your.
14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil men;
In [the] path of wicked [people] may not you go and may not you advance in [the] way of evil [people].
15 Avoid it, pass not upon it, Turn from it, and go away.
Avoid it may not you pass along on it turn aside from on it and pass on.
16 For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; Yea, their sleep is taken away, unless they have caused some to fall.
For not they will sleep if not they do harm and it is taken away sleep their if not (they bring injury. *Q(K)*)
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
For they eat [the] bread of wickedness and [the] wine of violence they drink.
18 But the path of the righteous is as the light of dawn, Which groweth brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
And [the] path of righteous [people] [is] like a light of brightness [which] goes and [which] shines until [the] established [part] of the day.
19 The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
[the] way of Wicked [people] [is] like darkness not they know on what? are they stumbling.
20 My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear to my sayings;
O son my to words my be attentive! to utterances my incline ear your.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart!
Do not let them depart from eyes your keep them in [the] midst of heart your.
22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
For [are] life they to [those who] find them and to all flesh his health.
23 More than any thing which thou watchest, watch thy heart; For from it goeth forth life.
More than all guarding guard heart your for [are] from it [the] sources of life.
24 Put away from thee a deceitful mouth, And remove far from thee perverse lips.
Remove from yourself crookedness of mouth and deviousness of lips put far away from yourself.
25 Let thine eyes look straight forward, And thine eyelids be directed before thee.
Eyes your before let them look and eyelids your let them look straight before you.
26 Give heed to the path of thy foot, And let all thy ways be steadfast.
Make level [the] track of foot your and all ways your let them be steadfast.
27 Turn not to the right hand or to the left; Remove thy foot from evil.
May not you turn aside right and left turn aside foot your from evil.
