Proverbs:8 Parallel Bible - ASV DBY |
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| Proverbs 8:1 | Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? | Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice? |
| Proverbs 8:2 | On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; | On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand. |
| Proverbs 8:3 | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud. |
| Proverbs 8:4 | Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. | Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man: |
| Proverbs 8:5 | O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. | O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense. |
| Proverbs 8:6 | Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. | Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. |
| Proverbs 8:7 | For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. | For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. |
| Proverbs 8:8 | All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. | All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing tortuous or perverse in them. |
| Proverbs 8:9 | They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. | They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. |
| Proverbs 8:10 | Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. | Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold: |
| Proverbs 8:11 | For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. | for wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not equal to it. |
| Proverbs 8:12 | I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion. | I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection. |
| Proverbs 8:13 | The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate. | The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate. |
| Proverbs 8:14 | Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. | Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength. |
| Proverbs 8:15 | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. | By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees; |
| Proverbs 8:16 | By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth. | by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth. |
| Proverbs 8:17 | I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. | I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me. |
| Proverbs 8:18 | Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness. | Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness. |
| Proverbs 8:19 | My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver. | My fruit is better than fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver. |
| Proverbs 8:20 | I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; | I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: |
| Proverbs 8:21 | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. | that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasuries. |
| Proverbs 8:22 | Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. | Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. |
| Proverbs 8:23 | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. | I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was. |
| Proverbs 8:24 | When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. | When there were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water. |
| Proverbs 8:25 | Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; | Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth; |
| Proverbs 8:26 | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. | while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. |
| Proverbs 8:27 | When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, | When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep; |
| Proverbs 8:28 | When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, | when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong; |
| Proverbs 8:29 | When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; | when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth: |
| Proverbs 8:30 | Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, | then I was by him [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; |
| Proverbs 8:31 | Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. | rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men. |
| Proverbs 8:32 | Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. | And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways: |
| Proverbs 8:33 | Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. | hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. |
| Proverbs 8:34 | Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. | Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. |
| Proverbs 8:35 | For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah; |
| Proverbs 8:36 | But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death. | but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death. |
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