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| [1]WISDOM has built her house, she has set up in it seven pillars; |
[1]Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars -- seven. |
| [2]She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also prepared her table. |
[2]She hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table. |
| [3]She has sent forth her servants to cry out upon the highest places and say, |
[3]She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city: |
| [4]Whosoever is simple, let him come to me; as for him who lacks understanding, she said to him, |
[4]`Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him, |
| [5]Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled. |
[5]`Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled. |
| [6]Forsake folly, and live; and go in the way of understanding. |
[6]Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding. |
| [7]Correction for a bad man brings disgrace; the wicked man is rebuked by his own blemish. |
[7]The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish. |
| [8]Reprove not a bad man, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. |
[8]Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee. |
| [9]Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. |
[9]Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning. |
| [10]The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the righteous is understanding. |
[10]The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding. |
| [11]For by her your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased. |
[11]For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life. |
| [12]My son, if you are wise, you are wise for yourself and for your friends; but if you are evil-minded, you alone shall bear your evils |
[12]If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest [it]. |
| [13]He who denies things falsely feeds on winds and pursues fowl of the air; for he has forsaken the way to his vineyard and the paths of his labor, to journey in the wilderness without water; in the places that are trodden he travels thirsty and gains nothing. |
[13]A foolish woman [is] noisy, Simple, and hath not known what. |
| [14]A foolish woman is enticing; she does not know what shame is; she sits at the door of her home on a high seat, |
[14]And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city, |
| [15]She calls those who pass by, who go right on their ways; |
[15]To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight [on] their paths. |
| [16]She says, He who is simple, let him come to me; and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, |
[16]`Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him, |
| [17]Stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. |
[17]`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.' |
| [18]But he does not know that the mighty men perish with her and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (9:19) Now rise up, and do not abide in that place; do not cast your eye at her; thus pass by the waters of strangers; cross over a strange river, and turn away from the waters of strangers; you shall not drink of the waters of strangers. For in doing so a multitude of days and years of life shall be added to you |
[18]And he hath not known that Rephaim [are] there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones! |