Proverbs 8 Comparison: Noyes Translation (1869) vs King James Version

Proverbs 8

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

²Upon the top of the high places, By the wayside, In the cross-ways, She taketh her station.

³By the side of the gates, In the entrance of the city, In the approaches to the doors, she crieth aloud.

⁴"To you, O men! do I call, And my voice is to the sons of men!

⁵O ye simple ones! learn wisdom, And ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart!

⁶Hear, for I speak excellent things, And my lips utter that which is right.

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

⁸All the words of my mouth are in uprightness; There is nothing crooked or deceitful in them;

⁹They are all plain to the man of understanding, And right to those who find knowledge.

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

¹¹For wisdom is better than pearls, And no precious things are to be compared with her.

¹²"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out the knowledge of sagacious counsels.

¹³The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, And the deceitful mouth, do I hate.

¹⁴Counsel is mine, and sound reason; I am understanding; I have strength.

¹⁵By me kings reign, And princes decree justice.

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

¹⁷I love them that love me, And they who seek me early shall find me.

¹⁸Riches and honor are with me; Yea, durable riches and prosperity.

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 equity.

²¹I cause those who love me to possess substance; Yea, I fill their treasuries.

²²"The LORD created me, the firstling of his course, Before his works, of old;

²³I was anointed from everlasting, From the beginning, even before the earth was made.

²⁴When as yet there were no deeps, I was brought forth. When there were no springs, abounding with water.

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

²⁶Ere yet he had made the land and the wastes, And the first of the clods of the earth.

²⁷When he framed the heavens, I was there; When he drew a circle upon the face of the deep;

²⁸When he made firm the sky above, And the fountains of the deep rushed forth;

²⁹When he gave to the sea its bounds, that the waters should not pass their border; When he marked out the foundations of the earth,—

³⁰Then was I by him as a master-builder; I was his delight day by day, Exulting before him at all times;

³¹Exulting in the habitable part of his earth, And my delight was with the sons of men.

³²"Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to me! For happy are they who keep my ways!

³³Hear instruction, and be wise! Yea, reject it not!

³⁴Happy the man who hearkeneth to me, Who watcheth day by day at my gates, Who waiteth at the posts of my doors;

³⁵For he that findeth me findeth life, And obtaineth favor from the LORD;

³⁶But he who misseth me doeth violence to himself; All they who hate me love death."

Proverbs 8

¹Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

²She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

³She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

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

⁵O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

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

⁷For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

⁸All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward 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 to it.

¹²I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

¹³The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

¹⁴Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

¹⁵By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

¹⁶By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

¹⁷I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

¹⁸Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

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

²⁰I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

²¹That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

²²The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

²³I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever 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 highest part of the dust of the world.

²⁷When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

²⁸When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

²⁹When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

³⁰Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

³¹Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

³²Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: 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 favour of the Lord.

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