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A Father’s Instruction | ||||
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| 1 Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding, | 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. | 1 Hear, my'sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: | 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence. | 1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding. | 2 For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction. | 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. | 2 For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. | 2 I will give you a good gift, forsake not my law. | 2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not. | 3 When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, | 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. | 3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. | 3 For I also was my father's son, tender and as an only son in the sight of my mother: | 3 For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother. | 4 Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live; | 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. | 4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live; | 4 And he taught me, and said: Let thy heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live. | 4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live. | 5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. | 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | 5 Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth; | 5 Get wisdom, get prudence: forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth. | 5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 6 "Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you. | 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. | 6 Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee. | 6 Forsake her not, and she shall keep thee: love her, and she shall preserve thee. | 6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee. | 7 "The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. | 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. | 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding. | 7 The beginning of wisdom, get wisdom, and with all thy possession purchase prudence. | 7 The first thing is wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding. | 8 "Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her. | 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. | 8 Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her. | 8 Take hold on her, and she shall exalt thee: thou shalt be glorified by her, when thou shalt embrace her. | 8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her. | 9 "She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty." | 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. | 9 She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace; A crown of beauty will she deliver to thee. | 9 She shall give to thy head increase of graces, and protect thee with a noble crown. | 9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely. | 10 Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many. | 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. | 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. | 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my words, that years of life may be multiplied to thee. | 10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life are multiplied to thee. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 11 I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths. | 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. | 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness. | 11 I will shew thee the way of wisdom, I will lead thee by the paths of equity: | 11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. | 12 When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. | 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. | 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. | 12 Which when thou shalt have entered, thy steps shall not be straitened, and when thou runnest thou shalt not meet a stumblingblock. | 12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. | 13 Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. | 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. | 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life. | 13 Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life. | 13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life. | 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil men. | 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. | 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men. | 14 Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee. | 14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. | 15 Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on. | 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. | 15 Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on. | 15 Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it. | 15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. | 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. | 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. | 16 For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall. | 16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble. | 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. | 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. | 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. | 17 They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity. | 17 For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink. | 18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day. | 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. | 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. | 18 But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day. | 18 And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established, | 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. | 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. | 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. | 19 The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall. | 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble. | 20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. | 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. | 20 My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. | 20 My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings. | 20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 21 Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart. | 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. | 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. | 21 Let them not depart from thy eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart: | 21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. | 22 For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body. | 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. | 22 For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. | 22 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh. | 22 For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing. | 23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. | 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. | 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. | 23 With all watchfulness keep thy heart, because life issueth out from it. | 23 Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it are the outgoings of life. | 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. | 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. | 24 Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee. | 24 Remove from thee a froward mouth, and let detracting lips be far from thee. | 24 Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee, | 25 Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. | 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. | 25 Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee. | 25 Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps. | 25 Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee. | NASB | KJV | ASV | DRB | YLT |
| 26 Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established. | 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. | 26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. | 26 Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established. | 26 Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways are established. | 27 Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil. | 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. | 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil. | 27 Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace. | 27 Incline not to the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil! |
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