Wisdom Calls
2 Standeth she not in the high places in the streets and ways?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
2 At the heights overlooking the road,at the crossroads, she takes her stand.
2 On top of the highest places along the road she stands where the roads meet.
4 "It is you, O ye men," sayeth she, "whom I call! Unto you, O ye children of men, lift I up my voice.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
4 “To you, O men, I call,And my voice is to the sons of men.
4 “People, I call out to you;my cry is to mankind.
4 "I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind!
5 Take heed unto knowledge, O ye ignorant; be wise in heart, O ye fools.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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.
6 Give ear, for I will speak of great matters, and open my lips to tell things that be right.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
6 Listen, for I speak of noble things,and what my lips say is right.
6 Listen, because I have noble things to say, and what I have to say will reveal what is right.
8 All the words of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardness nor falsity therein.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
8 “All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness;There is nothing (I)crooked or perverted in them.
8 Everything I have to say is just; there isn't anything corrupt or perverse in my speech.
11 For wisdom is more worth than precious stones; yea, all the things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto it.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
11 because wisdom is better than precious gems and nothing you desire can compare to it."
Wisdom's Authority
13 With me is the fear of the LORD, and the eschewing of evil. As for pride, disdain, and evil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked things, I utterly abhor them.
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 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, and in the street of judgment:
20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
20 “I walk in the way of righteousness,In the midst of the paths of justice,
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,along the paths of justice,
20 I walk on the way of righteousness, along paths that are just,
21 That I may send prosperity to those that love me, and to increase their treasure.
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
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."
Wisdom At Creation
23 I have been ordained from everlasting, and from the beginning before the earth was made.
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 From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before there was land.
24 When I was born, there were neither depths nor springs of water.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
24 “When there were no (AI)depths I was (g)brought forth,When there were no springs abounding with water.
24 When there were no ocean depths, I brought them to birth at a time when there were no springs.
26 The earth and all that is upon the earth was not yet made, no not the ground itself.
26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
26 before He made the land, the fields,or the first soil on earth.
26 Even though he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the world's first grains of dust,
27 For when he made the heavens, I was present; when he set up the depths in order;
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,
28 when he hanged the clouds above; when he fastened the springs of the deep;
28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
28 when He placed the skies above,when the fountains of the ocean gushed out,
28 when he made the clouds from above, when the springs of the depths were established,
29 When he shut the sea within certain bounds, that the waters should not go over their marks. When he laid 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.
30 I was with him, ordering all things, delighting daily, and rejoicing always before him.
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
30 Then (AO)I was beside Him, as a master workman;And I was daily His delight,(l)Rejoicing always before Him,
30 I was a skilled craftsman(f) beside Him.(Z)I was His(g) delight every day,always rejoicing before Him.
30 Then I was with him, his master craftsman I was his delight daily, continuously rejoicing in his presence,
Benefits Of Following Wisdom
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, and giving attendance at the posts of my doors.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
34 Anyone who listens to me is happy,(AE)watching at my doors every day,waiting by the posts of my doorway.
34 Blessed is the person who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorways