The Father's Wisdom
1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
1 Hear, O sons, the (A)instruction of a father,And (B)give attention that you may (a)gain understanding,
1 Listen, my sons, to a father’s discipline,(A)and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,
1 Listen, children, to your father's instruction, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.
3 For I was son to my father; tender and only before the face of my mother.
3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
3 When I was a son with my father,tender and precious to my mother,
3 When I was a son to my father, not yet strong and an only son to my mother,
4 And he taught me, and he will say to me, Thy heart shall hold fast my words: watch my commands and live.
4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
4 Then he (G)taught me and said to me,“Let your heart (H)hold fast my words;(I)Keep my commandments and live;
4 he taught me and told me, "Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say; keep my commandments and live!
5 Obtain wisdom, obtain understanding: thou shalt not forget, and thou shalt not decline from the words of my mouth.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
5 (J)Acquire wisdom! (K)Acquire understanding!Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
5 Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget or turn aside from the words of my mouth!
7 Wisdom the beginning; obtain wisdom, and with all thine acquisition, obtain understanding.
7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
7 “(M)The (d)beginning of wisdom is: (N)Acquire wisdom;And with all your acquiring, get understanding.
7 Wisdom is of utmost importance, therefore get wisdom, and with all your effort work to acquire understanding.
The Right Path
15 Reject it, thou shalt not pass in it; turn aside from it and pass by.
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
15 Avoid it, do not pass by it;Turn away from it and pass on.
15 Avoid it; don’t travel on it.Turn away from it, and pass it by.
15 Avoid it! Don't travel on it! Turn away from it, and pass on by.
16 For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.
16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
16 For they (Y)cannot sleep unless they do evil;And (e)they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
16 For they can’t sleepunless they have done what is evil;they are robbed of sleepunless they make someone stumble.(P)
16 For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.
17 For they ate the bread of injustice, and they will drink the wine of violences:
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
17 They eat the bread of wickednessand drink the wine of violence.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the just as the light shining, going and shining even to the day prepared.
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
18 But the (AA)path of the righteous is like the (AB)light of dawn,That (AC)shines brighter and brighter until the (AD)full day.
18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,(Q)shining brighter and brighter until midday.
18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.
19 The way of the unjust as darkness: they shall not know in what they shall stumble.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;(R)they don’t know what makes them stumble.(S)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness, and they do not know what they are stumbling over.
Staying The Course
22 For they are life to those finding them, and healing to all their flesh.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
22 For they are life to those who find them,and health to one’s whole body.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.