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| [1]My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence |
[1]MY son, attend to my wisdom and incline your ear to my understanding, |
| [2]That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge |
[2]That you may heed counsel and that your lips may keep knowledge. |
| [3]For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle |
[3]For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her words are smoother than oil; |
| [4]But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde |
[4]But the end of her life is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| [5]Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell |
[5]Her feet cause men to go down to death; her steps take her to Sheol. |
| [6]Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them |
[6]She does not tread upon the land of the living, her paths are devious, and are unknown. |
| [7]Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth |
[7]Hear me now therefore, O you children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. |
| [8]Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house |
[8]Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house; |
| [9]That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell |
[9]Lest you give your strength to others, and your years to the cruel; |
| [10]That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house |
[10]Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of strangers; |
| [11]Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say |
[11]And you have remorse in your old age, when the flesh of your body is consumed, |
| [12]Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction |
[12]And you say, Why did I hate instruction, and my heart despise reproof, |
| [13]Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me |
[13]And why have I not obeyed the voice of my teacher, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me? |
| [14]I was come almost into all misfortune, in the middest of the multitude and congregation |
[14]I was in almost all kinds of evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly |
| [15]Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring |
[15]Drink water out of your own well, and running water from your own spring. |
| [16]Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates |
[16]Let your water overflow into your streets, let it be disbursed abroad. |
| [17]But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee |
[17]Let it be for yourself alone, let not strangers be partners with you. |
| [18]Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth |
[18]Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice in the wife of your youth. |
| [19]Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue |
[19]Let her be like a loving hind, and pleasant mountain roe; learn her ways always, and be mindful of her love. |
| [20]Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger |
[20]My son, be not misled by a strange woman, neither embrace the bosom of a strange woman. |
| [21]For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges |
[21]For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and all his paths lie open in his presence. |
| [22]The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped |
[22]The wicked shall be caught by his own iniquities, and he will be bound with the cords of his sins. |
| [23]He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray |
[23]He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray |