Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?

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

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

How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding,

Contend not with a man without cause, if he hath dealt thee no wrong.

Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

Hath perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: -

For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar;

A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house.

For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fail, - yea strong men, slain wholly by her:

The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.

For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh;

But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.

Wisdom, hath builded her house, hath hewn out her seven pillars;

hath slaughtered her beasts, hath mingled her wine, hath even set in order her table;

hath sent forth her maidens, She crieth aloud, upon the tops of the heights of the city:

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

He that concealeth hatred, hath false lips, and he that sendeth forth slander, the same, is a dullard.

Like the passing away of a tempest, so the lawless one is not, but, the righteous, hath an age-abiding foundation.

When the lawless man dieth, his expectation, perisheth, and, the hope of strong men, hath vanished.

The lawless man, earneth the wages of falsehood, but, he that soweth righteousness, hath the reward of fidelity.

Hand to hand, the wicked man shall not be held innocent, but, the seed of the righteous, hath been delivered.

As a ring of gold in the snout of a swine, is a woman of beauty who hath abandoned discretion.

There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.

The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

There is who feigneth himself rich, yet hath nothing at all, who pleadeth poverty, yet hath great substance.

One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.

The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

A man hath joy, in the answer of his own mouth, and, a word in its season, - how good!

Everything, hath Yahweh made for its own purpose, yea, even the lawless one, for the day of calamity.

The appetite of the toiler, hath toiled for him, for his mouth, hath urged him on.

Closing his eyes, to devise perverse things, biting his lips, he hath plotted mischief.

He that mocketh the poor, hath reproached his Maker, He that maketh merry at distress, shall not be held innocent.

Who hath found a wife, hath found a blessing, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh.

All the brethren of a poor man, hate him, how much more have, his friends, gone far from him, he may hunt up promises - there are none.

Honour, hath the man who sitteth away from strife, but, any fool, may break through.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh hath made them, both.

A wise king, winnoweth out the lawless, when he hath turned over them the wheel.

A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed, - because he hath given of his bread to the poor.

The eyes of Yahweh, watch over knowledge, therefore hath he overturned the words of the treacherous.

Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;

For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.

Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?

Do not say - According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

Do not go forth to strive in haste, - lest thou know not what to do in the latter end thereof, when thy neighbour, hath put thee to shame.

Withhold thy foot from the house of thy neighbour, - lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

A city broken down without a wall, is a man who hath no control over his own spirit.

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

A man, hasting to be rich, hath an evil eye, and knoweth not when want may overtake him.

Blood-thirsty men, hate the blameless man, and, as for the upright, they seek his life.

Who hath ascended the heavens and then descended? Who hath gathered the wind into his two hands? Who hath wrapped up the waters in a mantle? Who hath set up all the ends of the earth? What is his name and what the name of his son, when thou knowest?

A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough!