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| Proverbs 8:1 | Doesn't wisdom cry out? Doesn't understanding raise her voice? | Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice? | Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding? | Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give 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, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand. | At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place; | At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood, |
| 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. | Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud: | At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud, |
| Proverbs 8:4 | "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind. | Unto you, men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of man: | I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men. | `Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto 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 foolish, understand sense. | Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart. | Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the 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. | Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright. | Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness. |
| Proverbs 8:7 | For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips. | For my palate shall meditate truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. | For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me. | For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness. |
| 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. | All the words of my mouth are righteousness; there is nothing false or twisted in them. | In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse. |
| 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. | They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge. | All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding 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: | Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best 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 equal to it. | For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her. | For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it. |
| Proverbs 8:12 | "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion. | I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection. | I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes. | I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out. |
| 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 froward mouth do I hate. | 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. | The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated. |
| Proverbs 8:14 | Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power. | Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength. | Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine. | Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might. |
| Proverbs 8:15 | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. | By me kings reign, and rulers make just decrees; | Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions. | By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness, |
| Proverbs 8:16 | By me princes rule; Nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth. | by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth. | Through me chiefs have authority, and the noble ones are judging in righteousness. | By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth. |
| Proverbs 8:17 | I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me. | I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall 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. | I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me. |
| Proverbs 8:18 | With me are riches, honor, Enduring wealth, and prosperity. | Riches and honour are with me; durable wealth and righteousness. | Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness. | Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance 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 fine gold, yea, than pure gold; and my revenue than choice silver. | My fruit is better than gold, even than the best gold; and my increase is more to be desired than silver. | Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase 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: | I go in the road of righteousness, in the way of right judging: | In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment, |
| 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 I will fill their treasuries. | So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full. | To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill. |
| 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. | The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past. | Jehovah possessed me the beginning of His way, Before His works since then. |
| Proverbs 8:23 | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth existed. | I was set up from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was. | From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was. | From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth. |
| 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. | When there was no deep I was given birth, when there were no fountains flowing with water. | In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters, |
| 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; | Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth: | Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was 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. | When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world. | While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts 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 prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep; | When he made ready the heavens I was there: when he put an arch over the face of the deep: | In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep, |
| Proverbs 8:28 | When he established the clouds above, When the springs of the deep became strong, | when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong; | When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed: | In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep, |
| 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 imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed 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: | In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of 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 [his] nursling, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always 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; | Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times, |
| Proverbs 8:31 | Rejoicing in his whole world. 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. | Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men. | Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men. |
| Proverbs 8:32 | "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways. | And now, sons, hearken unto me, and blessed are they that keep my ways: | Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways. | And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. |
| Proverbs 8:33 | Hear instruction, and be wise, Don't refuse it. | hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. | Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go. | Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight 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. | 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. | O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance. |
| Proverbs 8:35 | For whoever finds me, finds life, And will obtain favor from Yahweh. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah; | For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him. | For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from 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 doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death. | But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death. | And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death! |
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