< Proverbs 9 >

1 Wisdom she has built house her she has hewn pillars her seven.
Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars.
2 She has slaughtered slaughtering her she has mixed wine her also she has arranged table her.
She has killed her beasts. She has mingled her wine. She has also furnished her table.
3 She has sent out female servants her she calls out on [the] elevations of [the] heights of [the] town.
She has sent forth her maidens. She cries out upon the highest places of the city:
4 Who? [is] naive let him turn aside here [one] lacking of heart she says to him.
He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
5 Come eat in food my and drink in [the] wine [which] I have mixed.
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Abandon foolish things and live and advance in [the] way of understanding.
Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.
7 [one who] admonishes - A mocker [is] receiving for himself shame and [one who] reproves a wicked [person] defect his.
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man gets himself a bruise.
8 May not you reprove a mocker lest he should hate you reprove a wise [person] and he will love you.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give to a wise [person] so he may be wise yet make known to a righteous [person] so may he increase insight.
Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 [is the] beginning of Wisdom [the] fear of Yahweh and [the] knowledge of [the] holy [one] [is] understanding.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
11 For by me they will increase days your so they may add to you years of life.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 If you are wise you are wise for yourself and you mock to alone you you will bear [it].
If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
13 A woman of folly [is] boisterous naivete and not she knows whatever.
The foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.
14 And she sits to [the] doorway of house her on a seat [the] heights of [the] town.
And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 To call out to [those who] pass by of [the] road those [who] make straight paths their.
to call to those who pass by, who go right on their ways:
16 Who? [is] naive let him turn aside here and [one] lacking of heart and she says to him.
He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
17 Waters stolen they are sweet and bread of secret places it is delightful.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
18 And not he knows that [the] shades [are] there [are] in [the] depths of Sheol invited [ones] her. (Sheol h7585)
But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

< Proverbs 9 >