Proverbs 8 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 8

¹Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?

²On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth;

³Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:

⁴Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.

⁵O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

⁶Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things.

⁷For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

⁸All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

⁹They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge.

¹⁰Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

¹¹For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.

¹²I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledgeanddiscretion.

¹³The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

¹⁴Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

¹⁵By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

¹⁶By me princes rule, And nobles, evenall the judges of the earth.

¹⁷I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

¹⁸Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable wealth and righteousness.

¹⁹My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.

²⁰I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;

²¹That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries.

²²Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

²³I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was.

²⁴When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.

²⁵Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

²⁶While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world.

²⁷When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep,

²⁸When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,

²⁹When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

³⁰Then I was by him, asa master workman; And I was dailyhisdelight, Rejoicing always before him,

³¹Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

³²Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways.

³³Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

³⁴Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

³⁵For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah.

³⁶But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 8

¹Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

²At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

³At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

⁴`Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice is unto the sons of men.

⁵Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

⁶Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips is uprightness.

⁷For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.

⁸In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.

⁹All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

¹⁰Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

¹¹For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

¹²I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

¹³The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

¹⁴Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.

¹⁵By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,

¹⁶By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.

¹⁷I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.

¹⁸Wealth and honour are with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.

¹⁹Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

²⁰In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,

²¹To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.

²²Jehovah possessed methe beginning of His way, Before His works since then.

²³From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.

²⁴In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy with waters,

²⁵Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.

²⁶While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.

²⁷In His preparing the heavens I am there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,

²⁸In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,

²⁹In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

³⁰Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delightday by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,

³¹Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights are with the sons of men.

³²And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.

³³Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.

³⁴O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.

³⁵For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

³⁶And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!