Proverbs:8 Parallel Bible - WLD ASV |
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| Proverbs 8:1 | Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice? | Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? |
| Proverbs 8:2 | On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands. | On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; |
| Proverbs 8:3 | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entry doors, she cries aloud: | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: |
| Proverbs 8:4 | "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind. | Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. |
| Proverbs 8:5 | You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart. | O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. |
| Proverbs 8:6 | Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for 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 speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. | For my mouth shall utter 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 crooked or perverse in them. |
| Proverbs 8:9 | They are all plain to him who understands, Right to those who find knowledge. | They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. |
| Proverbs 8:10 | Receive my instruction rather than silver; 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. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it. | For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. |
| Proverbs 8:12 | "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion. | I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion. |
| Proverbs 8:13 | The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth. | The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate. |
| Proverbs 8:14 | Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power. | Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. |
| Proverbs 8:15 | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. |
| Proverbs 8:16 | By me princes rule; Nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth. | By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth. |
| Proverbs 8:17 | I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me. | I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. |
| Proverbs 8:18 | With me are riches, honor, Enduring wealth, and prosperity. | Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness. |
| Proverbs 8:19 | My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; My yield than choice silver. | My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine 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 way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; |
| Proverbs 8:21 | That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries. | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. |
| Proverbs 8:22 | "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds 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 existed. | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. |
| Proverbs 8:24 | When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no springs 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 in place, Before the hills, I was 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 on the surface of the deep, | When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, |
| Proverbs 8:28 | When he established the clouds above, When the springs of the deep became strong, | When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, |
| Proverbs 8:29 | 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 he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; |
| Proverbs 8:30 | Then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, Always rejoicing before him, | Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, |
| Proverbs 8:31 | Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men. | Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. |
| Proverbs 8:32 | "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways. | Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. |
| Proverbs 8:33 | Hear instruction, and be wise, Don't refuse it. | Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. |
| Proverbs 8:34 | Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts. | Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. |
| Proverbs 8:35 | For whoever finds me, finds life, And will obtain favor from Yahweh. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. |
| Proverbs 8:36 | But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death." | But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death. |
| | The World English Online Bible (WLD) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
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