Proverbs 8

¹ Does not wisdom call, and understanding raise its voice?

¹ Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

¹ Does not ^(A)wisdom call,And understanding ^(a)lift up her voice?

¹ Doesn’t Wisdom^(A) call out?Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?

¹ Isn't wisdom calling out; isn't understanding raising her voice?

³ Beside gates, before towns, [at the] entrance of doors, she cries out:

³ She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

³ Beside the ^(C)gates, at the opening to the city,At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

³ Beside the gates^(B) at the entry to^(a) the city,at the main entrance, she cries out:

³ Beside the gates, at the city entrance at the entrance to the portals she cries aloud:

⁵ Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.

⁵ O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

⁵ “O ^(b)(D)naive ones, understand prudence;And, O ^(E)fools, understand ^(c)wisdom.

⁵ Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;develop common sense, you who are foolish.

⁵ Understand prudence, you naive people; and gain an understanding heart, you foolish ones.

⁷ My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

⁷ For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

⁷ “For my ^(H)mouth will utter truth;And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

⁷ For my mouth tells the truth,^(C)and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

⁷ For my mouth speaks the truth wickedness is detestable to me.

⁹ All of them are straight to him who understands, and upright to those who find knowledge.

⁹ They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

⁹ “They are all ^(J)straightforward to him who understands,And right to those who ^(K)find knowledge.

⁹ All of them are clear to the perceptive,^(E)and right to those who discover knowledge.

⁹ Everything I say is sensible to someone who understands, and correct to those who have acquired knowledge.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than jewels, and all desires shall not compare with her.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

¹¹ “For wisdom is ^(M)better than ^(d)jewels;And ^(N)all desirable things cannot compare with her.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than jewels,^(G)and nothing desirable can compare with it.^(H)

¹¹ because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it."

¹³ The fear of Yahweh [is] hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.

¹³ The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

¹³ “The ^(Q)fear of the Lord is to hate evil;^(R)Pride and arrogance and ^(S)the evil wayAnd the ^(T)perverted mouth, I hate.

¹³ To fear the Lord is to hate evil.^(J)I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,and perverse speech.

¹³ The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.

¹⁵ By me kings reign, and rulers decree righteousness.

¹⁵ By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

¹⁵ “By me ^(X)kings reign,And rulers decree justice.

¹⁵ It is by me that kings reign^(L)and rulers enact just law;

¹⁵ Kings reign by me, and rulers dispense justice through me.

¹⁷ I love {those who love me}, and those who seek me diligently shall find me.

¹⁷ I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

¹⁷ “I ^(Y)love those who love me;And ^(Z)those who diligently seek me will find me.

¹⁷ I love those who love me,^(M)and those who search for me find me.^(N)

¹⁷ I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, even refined gold, and my yield than choice silver.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

¹⁹ “My fruit is ^(AC)better than gold, even pure gold,And my yield better than ^(AD)choicest silver.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than solid gold,and my harvest than pure silver.^(Q)

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, better than even refined gold, and my benefit surpasses the purest silver.

²¹ [in order] to endow those who love me [with] wealth, and I will fill their treasuries.

²¹ That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

²¹ To endow those who love me with wealth,That I may ^(AE)fill their treasuries.

²¹ giving wealth as an inheritance to those who love me,and filling their treasuries.

²¹ I bequeath wealth to those who love me, and I will fill their treasuries."

²³ From eternity, I was set up from [the] first, from the beginning of the earth.

²³ I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

²³ “From everlasting I was ^(f)(AG)established,From the beginning, ^(AH)from the earliest times of the earth.

²³ I was formed before ancient times,from the beginning, before the earth began.^(S)

²³ From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land.

²⁵ Before mountains had been shaped, before hills, I was brought forth.

²⁵ Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

²⁵ “^(AJ)Before the mountains were settled,Before the hills I was ^(h)brought forth;

²⁵ I was deliveredbefore the mountains and hills were established,^(U)

²⁵ Before the mountains were shaped, before there were hills, I was bringing them to birth.

²⁷ {when he established} the heavens, there I [was], {when he drew} a circle upon the face of the deep,

²⁷ When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

²⁷ “When He ^(AK)established the heavens, I was there,When ^(AL)He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

²⁷ I was there when He established the heavens,^(V)when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,^(W)

²⁷ when he crafted the heavens, I was there when he marked out a circle on the face of the deep,

²⁹ {when he assigned} his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his {command}, {when he marked} the foundations of the earth,

²⁹ When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

²⁹ When ^(AM)He set for the sea its boundarySo that the water would not transgress His ^(k)command,When He marked out ^(AN)the foundations of the earth;

²⁹ when He set a limit for the seaso that the waters would not violate His command,^(X)when He laid out the foundations of the earth.^(Y)

²⁹ when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

³¹ rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight [was] with the children of humankind.

³¹ Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

^{31 (m)}Rejoicing in the world, His earth,And having ^(AP)my delight in the sons of men.

³¹ I was rejoicing in His inhabited world,^(AA)delighting in the human race.^(AB)

³¹ rejoicing in his inhabitable world and taking delight in mankind."

³³ Hear teaching and be wise; do not neglect [it].

³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

³³ “^(AS)Heed instruction and be wise,And do not neglect it.

³³ Listen to instruction and be wise;^(AD)don’t ignore it.

³³ Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it.

³⁵ For he who finds me [is] he who finds life, and he obtains favor from Yahweh.

³⁵ For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

³⁵ “For ^(AU)he who finds me finds lifeAnd ^(AV)obtains favor from the Lord.

³⁵ For the one who finds me finds life^(AF)and obtains favor from the Lord,^(AG)

³⁵ because those who find me find life and gain favor from the LORD.