< Proverbs 3 >
1 My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
O son my instruction my may not you forget and commandments my let it keep heart your.
2 For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.
For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart,
Loyalty and faithfulness may not they leave you bind them on necks your write them on [the] tablet of heart your.
4 And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
And find favor and insight good in [the] eyes of God and humankind.
5 Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
Trust to Yahweh with all heart your and to own understanding your may not you depend.
6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
In all ways your acknowledge him and he he will make straight paths your.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.
May not you be wise in own eyes your fear Yahweh and turn aside from evil.
8 Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.
Healing may it be to navel your and refreshment to bones your.
9 Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;
Honor Yahweh from wealth your and from [the] first of all produce your.
10 And filled are thy barns [with] plenty, And [with] new wine thy presses break forth.
So they may be filled storehouses your plenty and new wine wine vats your they will burst open.
11 Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,
[the] discipline of Yahweh O son my may not you reject and may not you loath rebuke his.
12 For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
For [the one] whom he loves Yahweh he reproves and like a father a son [whom] he is pleased with.
13 O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.
How blessed! [is] a person [who] he finds wisdom and a person [who] he obtains understanding.
14 For better [is] her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold — her increase.
For [is] good profit her more than [the] profit of silver and more than gold gain her.
15 Precious she [is] above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
[is] precious She (more than jewels *Q(k)*) and all pleasures your not they compare with her.
16 Length of days [is] in her right hand, In her left [are] wealth and honour.
Length of days [is] in right [hand] her [are] in left [hand] her wealth and honor.
17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.
Ways her [are] ways of kindness and all pathways her [are] well-being.
18 A tree of life she [is] to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her [is] happy.
[is] a tree of Life she to [those who] take hold on her and [those who] hold fast to her [are] called blessed.
19 Jehovah by wisdom did found the earth, He prepared the heavens by understanding.
Yahweh by wisdom he founded [the] earth he established [the] heavens by understanding.
20 By His knowledge depths have been rent, And clouds do drop dew.
By knowledge his [the] depths they were split open and clouds they dripped dew.
21 My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,
O son my may not they depart from eyes your keep sound wisdom and discretion.
22 And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
So they may be life for self your and grace for neck your.
23 Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.
Then you will walk to security way your and foot your not it will strike.
24 If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
If you will lie down not you will fear and you will lie down and it will be pleasing sleep your.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, And of the desolation of the wicked when it cometh.
May not you be afraid from terror suddenly and from [the] devastation of wicked [people] that it will come.
26 For Jehovah is at thy side, And He hath kept thy foot from capture.
For Yahweh he will be confidence your and he will keep foot your from capture.
27 Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand [is] toward God to do [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 thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.
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 Devise not against thy neighbour evil, And he sitting confidently with thee.
May not you devise on neighbor your harm and he [is] dwelling to security with you.
30 Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.
May not (you contend *Q(k)*) with anyone without cause if not he has dealt out to you evil.
31 Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.
May not you be jealous of a person of violence and may not you choose all ways his.
32 For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.
For [is] [the] abomination of Yahweh a crooked [person] and [is] with upright [people] intimacy his.
33 The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
[the] curse of Yahweh [is] on [the] house of [the] wicked and [the] habitation of righteous [people] he blesses.
34 If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
Though mockers he he mocks (and to humble [people] *Q(K)*) he gives favor.
35 Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
Honor wise [people] they will inherit and fools [is] lifting up shame.