Proverbs 8
1 Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise 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 way, where the paths meet, she stands.
At [the] top of [the] heights on [the] way between [the] pathways she stations herself.
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
To [the] side of [the] gates to [the] opening of [the] town [the] entrance of [the] doorways they cry aloud.
4 “I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
To you O people I call and voice my [is] to [the] children of humankind.
5 You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
Understand O naive people prudence and O fools understand heart.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
Listen for princely things I will speak and [the] utterance of lips my [will be] uprightness.
7 For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
For truth it will utter palate my and [is] an abomination of lips my wickedness.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
[are] Righteousness all [the] words of mouth my there not among them [is] a twisted [thing] and a distorted [thing].
9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
All of them [are] right to the discerning [person] and upright to [those who] find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction rather than silver, 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 rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
For [is] good wisdom more than jewels and all pleasures not they compare with it.
12 “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
I wisdom I dwell prudence and knowledge of discretion I find.
13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
[the] fear of Yahweh [is] to hate evil pride and arrogance - and a way evil and a mouth of perversities I hate.
14 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
[belong] to Me counsel and sound wisdom I [am] understanding [belongs] to me strength.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
By me kings they reign and rulers they enact righteousness.
16 By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
By me princes they rule and noble [people] all judges of (righteousness. *L(H)*)
17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
I ([those who] love me *Q(K)*) I love and [those who] earnestly seek me they find me.
18 With me are riches, honour, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
Wealth and honor [are] with me wealth enduring and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
[is] good Fruit my more than gold and more than pure gold and gain my more than silver chosen.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
In [the] path of righteousness I walk in [the] midst of [the] pathways of justice.
21 that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
To give as an inheritance [those who] love me - substance and treasuries their I fill.
22 “The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
Yahweh he created me [the] beginning of way his [the] beginning of works his from then.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
From long ago I was installed from [the] beginning from [the] beginnings of [the] earth.
24 When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding 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 settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
Before mountains they were planted before [the] hills I was brought forth.
26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning 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 established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface 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 established the clouds 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 gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out 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 I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
And I was beside him an artisan and I was delight day - day playing before him at every time.
31 rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
Playing in [the] world of earth his and delight my [were] with [the] children of humankind.
32 “Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
And therefore O children listen to me and how blessed! [are those who] ways my they observe.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
Listen to correction and act wisely and may not you neglect [it].
34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
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 whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favour from the LORD.
For [one who] finds me (he finds *Q(K)*) life and he obtained favor from Yahweh.
36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
And [one who] misses me [is] doing wrong to self his all [those who] hate me they love death.
