| English Standard Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars. |
| 2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | 2She has prepared her food, she has spiced her wine, and she also has set her dining table. |
| 3She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, | 3She has sent out her young women, while calling out from the heights of the city, |
| 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, | 4"Let whoever is naïve, turn in here." To anyone lacking sense, she says, |
| 5“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. | 5"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed. |
| 6Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” | 6Leave your naïve ways, and live. Walk in the path of understanding." |
| 7Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. | 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained. |
| 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. | 8Don't rebuke a mocker or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you. |
| 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. | 9Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning. |
| 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. | 10The fear of the LORD is where wisdom begins, and knowing holiness demonstrates understanding. |
| 11For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. | 11For because of me you will live a long life, and years will be added to your life. |
| 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. | 12If you are wise, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible. |
| 13The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. | 13The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge. |
| 14She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, | 14She sits at the entrance of her house, on a seat high above the city. |
| 15calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way, | 15She calls out to those passing by on the road, who are minding their own business, |
| 16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says, | 16"Whoever is naïve, turn in here!" And to anyone lacking sense, she says, |
| 17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” | 17"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious." |
| 18But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | 18But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol. |
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