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  2:1 ¶
My son,º
ifº
thou wilt receiveºº
my words,º
and hideºº
my commandmentsº
withº
thee; |
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2:1 ¶
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; |
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2:2
So that thou inclineºº
thine earº
unto wisdom,º
[and] applyºº
thine heartº
to understanding;º |
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2:2
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; |
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2:3
Yea,º
ifº
thou criestºº
after knowledge,º
[and] liftest upºº
thy voiceº
for understanding;º |
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2:3
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; |
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2:4
Ifº
thou seekestºº
her as silver,º
and searchestºº
for her as [for] hid treasures;º |
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2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; |
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2:5
Thenº
shalt thou understandºº
the fearº
of
Yähwè
יָהוֶה,º
and findºº
the knowledgeº
of
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִים.º |
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2:5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of Elohim. |
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2:6
Forº
Yähwè
יָהוֶהº
givethºº
wisdom:º
out of his mouthºº
[cometh] knowledgeº
and understanding.º |
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2:6
For Yahweh giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. |
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2:7
He layeth upºººº
sound wisdomº
for the righteous:º
[he is] a bucklerº
to them that walkºº
uprightly.º |
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2:7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
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2:8
He keepethºº
the pathsº
of judgment,º
and preservethºº
the wayº
of his saints.º |
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2:8
He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. |
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2:9
Thenº
shalt thou understandºº
righteousness,º
and judgment,º
and equity;º
[yea], everyº
goodº
path.º |
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2:9
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path. |
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2:10 ¶
Whenº
wisdomº
enterethºº
into thine heart,º
and knowledgeº
is pleasantºº
unto thy soul;º |
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2:10 ¶
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; |
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2:11
Discretionº
shall preserveººº
thee, understandingº
shall keepºº
thee: |
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2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: |
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2:12
To deliverºº
thee from the wayºº
of the evilº
[man], from the manºº
that speakethºº
froward things;º |
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2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things; |
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2:13
Who leaveºº
the pathsº
of uprightness,º
to walkººº
in the waysº
of darkness;º |
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2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; |
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2:14
Who rejoiceº
to doºº
evil,º
[and] delightºº
inº
the frowardnessº
of the wicked;º |
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2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
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2:15
Whoseº
waysº
[are] crooked,º
and [they] frowardºº
in their paths:º |
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2:15
Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths: |
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2:16
To deliverºº
thee from the strangeºº
woman,ººº
[even] from the strangerºº
[which] flatterethºº
with her words;º |
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2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words; |
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2:17
Which forsakethºº
the guideº
of her youth,º
and forgettethºº
the covenantº
of her
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִים.º |
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2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her Elohim. |
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2:18
Forº
her houseº
inclinethºº
untoº
death,º
and her pathsº
untoº
the dead.º |
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2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. |
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2:19
Noneºº
that goºº
untoº
her return again,ºº
neitherº
take they holdºº
of the pathsº
of life.º |
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2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. |
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2:20
Thatº
thou mayest walkººº
in the wayº
of goodº
[men], and keepºº
the pathsº
of the righteous.º |
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2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous. |
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2:21
Forº
the uprightº
shall dwellºº
inº
the land,º
and the perfectº
shall remainºº
in it. |
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2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. |
|
2:22
But the wickedº
shall be cut offºº
from the earth,ºº
and the transgressorsºº
shall be rootedº
outºº
ofº
it. |
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2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. |
