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| Proverbs 8:1 | Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice? | Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding? |
| Proverbs 8:2 | On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she stands. | At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place; |
| Proverbs 8:3 | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entry doors, she cries aloud: | Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud: |
| Proverbs 8:4 | "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind. | I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men. |
| Proverbs 8:5 | You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart. | Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart. |
| Proverbs 8:6 | Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things. | Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. |
| Proverbs 8:7 | For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. | For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me. |
| 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 righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them. |
| Proverbs 8:9 | They are all plain to him who understands, Right to those who find knowledge. | They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge. |
| Proverbs 8:10 | Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold. | Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best 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 jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her. |
| Proverbs 8:12 | "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion. | I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes. |
| 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 the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me. |
| Proverbs 8:14 | Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power. | Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine. |
| Proverbs 8:15 | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. | Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions. |
| Proverbs 8:16 | By me princes rule; Nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth. | Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness. |
| Proverbs 8:17 | I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me. | Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me. |
| Proverbs 8:18 | With me are riches, honor, Enduring wealth, and prosperity. | Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal 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, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver. |
| Proverbs 8:20 | I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; | I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging: |
| Proverbs 8:21 | That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries. | So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full. |
| Proverbs 8:22 | "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old. | The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. |
| Proverbs 8:23 | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth existed. | From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, 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 was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water. |
| Proverbs 8:25 | Before the mountains were settled in place, Before the hills, I was brought forth; | Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth: |
| Proverbs 8:26 | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. | When he had not made the earth or the fields or 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 made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over 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 strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed: |
| 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 put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases 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 his side, as a master workman: and I was his delight from day to day, playing before him at all times; |
| Proverbs 8:31 | Rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men. | Playing in his 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. | Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways. |
| Proverbs 8:33 | Hear instruction, and be wise, Don't refuse it. | Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go. |
| Proverbs 8:34 | Blessed is the man who hears me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my door posts. | Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house. |
| Proverbs 8:35 | For whoever finds me, finds life, And will obtain favor from Yahweh. | For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him. |
| Proverbs 8:36 | But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death." | But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death. |
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