Verse 1
Proverbs 8:1
Young's Literal Translation
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Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/לֹֽא חָכְמָ֥ה תִקְרָ֑א וּ֝/תְבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽ/הּ
English Translation
Does not wisdom call, and understanding give her voice?
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
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Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?
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At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,
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At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,
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'Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men.
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Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
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Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.
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For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness.
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In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.
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All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
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Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
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For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.
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I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.
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The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I...
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Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might.
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By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,
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By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.
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I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
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Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
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Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.
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In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,
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To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.
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Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
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From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.
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In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,
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Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.
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While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.
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In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,
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In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,
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In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing th...
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Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,
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Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.
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And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
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Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
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O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-p...
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For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
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And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!
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