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Pitfalls of Immorality | ||||
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| 1 My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding; | 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: | 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Open your ears to my understanding | 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding: | 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding; | 2 That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge. | 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. | 2 so that you may act with foresight and speak with insight. | 2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. | 2 that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge. | 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; | 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: | 3 The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil, | 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil, | 3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; | 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. | 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. | 4 but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, as sharp as a two-edged sword. | 4 But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword. | 4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. | 5 Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol. | 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. | 5 Her feet descend to death. Her steps lead straight to hell. | 5 Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol. | 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it. | 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. | 6 She doesn't even think about the path of life. Her steps wander, and she doesn't realize it. | 6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it. | 6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither. | 7 Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth. | 7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. | 7 But now, sons, listen to me, and do not turn away from what I say to you. | 7 Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth. | 7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. | 8 Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house, | 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: | 8 Stay far away from her. Do not even go near her door. | 8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house, | 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: | 9 Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one; | 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: | 9 Either you will surrender your reputation to others and [the rest of] your years to some cruel person, | 9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one; | 9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; | 10 And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien; | 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; | 10 or strangers will benefit from your strength and you will have to work hard in a pagan's house. | 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house. | 10 lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed; | 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, | 11 Then you will groan when your end comes, when your body and flesh are consumed. You will say, | 11 You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed, | 11 and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed; | 12 And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof! | 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; | 12 "Oh, how I hated discipline! How my heart despised correction! | 12 and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; | 12 and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! | 13 "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors! | 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! | 13 I didn't listen to what my teachers said to me, nor did I keep my ear open to my instructors. | 13 neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! | 13 and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me; | 14 "I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation." | 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. | 14 I almost reached total ruin in the assembly and in the congregation." | 14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly." | 14 I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. | 15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well. | 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. | 15 Drink water out of your own cistern and running water from your own well. | 15 Drink water out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well. | 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets? | 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. | 16 Why should water flow out of your spring? Why should your streams flow into the streets? | 16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares? | 16 Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways. | 17 Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you. | 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. | 17 They should be yours alone, so do not share them with strangers. | 17 Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you. | 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. | 18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth. | 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. | 18 Let your own fountain be blessed, and enjoy the girl you married when you were young, | 18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. | 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth. | 19 As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love. | 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. | 19 a loving doe and a graceful deer. Always let her breasts satisfy you. Always be intoxicated with her love. | 19 A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love. | 19 As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love. | 20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? | 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? | 20 Why should you, my son, be intoxicated with an adulterous woman and fondle a loose woman's breast? | 20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another? | 20 And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths. | 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. | 21 Each person's ways are clearly seen by the LORD, and he surveys all his actions. | 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths. | 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. | 22 His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin. | 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. | 22 A wicked person will be trapped by his own wrongs, and he will be caught in the ropes of his own sin. | 22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly. | 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. | 23 He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray. | 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. | 23 He will die for his lack of discipline and stumble around because of his great stupidity. | 23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray. | 23 He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
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