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| [1]Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding |
[1]HEAR, O my children, the instruction of a father, and give ear to knowledge and understanding. |
| [2]For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe |
[2]Because I give you good doctrine, do not forsake my law. |
| [3]For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother |
[3]For I was also a son to my father, tender and the only begotten in the sight of my mother. |
| [4]He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue |
[4]He taught me, and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live; and let my law be as the pupil of the eye. |
| [5]Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them |
[5]Get wisdom, get understanding; and turn not aside from the words of my mouth. |
| [6]Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee |
[6]Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will save you. |
| [7]The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding |
[7]Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your substance get understanding. |
| [8]Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour |
[8]Love her, and she shall exalt you; embrace her, and she shall honor you. |
| [9]She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory |
[9]She shall put upon your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory shall she bestow upon you. |
| [10]Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many |
[10]Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many. |
| [11]I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes |
[11]I have taught you the ways of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. |
| [12]So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall |
[12]When you walk, your steps will not be unsteady; and when you run, you will not stumble. |
| [13]Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life |
[13]Take fast hold of my instruction, and do not forsake her; keep her, for she is your life |
| [14]Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked |
[14]Do not walk in the way of evil men, and do not envy the way of the wicked. |
| [15]Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it |
[15]The place where they dwell, do not pass by it, turn away from it, |
| [16]For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme |
[16]For they do not sleep until they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away until their evil devices are carried out. |
| [17]For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie |
[17]For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. |
| [18]The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day |
[18]But the path of the righteous is like the shining light that shines more and more unto the perfect day. |
| [19]But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse, they knowe not where they fall |
[19]The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know at what they stumble |
| [20]My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges |
[20]My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. |
| [21]Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart |
[21]Do not let them depart from your eyes; but keep them in the midst of your heart. |
| [22]For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes |
[22]For they are life to him who finds them, and health to all his flesh. |
| [23]Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe |
[23]Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. |
| [24]Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee |
[24]Put away from you a perverse mouth, and the counsel of deceit put far from your lips. |
| [25]Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee |
[25]Let your eyes look straight forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you. |
| [26]Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright |
[26]Keep your feet away from evil paths; then all your ways shall be firm. |
| [27]Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll |
[27]Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; but remove your foot from evil |