Parallel Chapters The Way of Wisdom
(Ezra 4:6-16; Esther 1:1-9; Proverbs 1:1-7) | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; | 1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. |
| 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | 2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | 2She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table; | 2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. | 2She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. |
| 3She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city, | 3She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, | 3She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city: | 3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, | 3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:" |
| 4"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says, | 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, | 4"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says, | 4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, | 4Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 5"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. | 5“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. | 5"Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed. | 5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. | 5Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed. |
| 6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight." | 6Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” | 6"Forsake your folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding." | 6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. | 6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding. |
| 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse. | 7Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. | 7He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself. | 7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. | 7The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. |
| 8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you. | 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. | 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you. | 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. | 8Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. |
| 9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. | 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. | 9Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning. | 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. | 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more." |
| 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| 11For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. | 11For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. | 11For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you. | 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. | 11For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. |
| 12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer. | 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. | 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it. | 12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. | 12If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences." |
The Way of Folly | 13Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing. | 13The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. | 13The woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive and knows nothing. | 13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. | 13The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing. |
| 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, | 14She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, | 14She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city, | 14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, | 14She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, |
| 15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way, | 15calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way, | 15Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight: | 15To call passengers who go right on their ways: | 15calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:" |
| 16"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says, | 16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says, | 16"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says, | 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, | 16Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 17"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!" | 17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” | 17"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." | 17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. | 17Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!" |
| 18But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead. | 18But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | 18But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. | 18But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |
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