My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice;

If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,

Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.

When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet,

Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield is he to them who walk in integrity,

Then, shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity - every noble course.

To him that observeth the paths of justice, yea, the way of his men of lovingkindness, he doth guard.

Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee: -

To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

Whose paths, are twisted, and they are tortuous in their tracks:

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

For, the upright, shall abide on the earth, - and, the men of integrity, shall remain therein;

For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;

From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in this ways of darkness;

Who rejoice to do wrong, exult in the perversities of the wrongful;

Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;

But, the lawless, out of the earth, shall he cut off, and, traitors, shall they tear away therefrom.

None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

To the end that thou walk in the way of good men, and, the paths of the righteous, that thou observe.

For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding;