Proverbs 2 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee, My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng. making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
3 For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge: yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures: if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God. then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God. then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng. For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly, he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse. guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—every good path.
10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge: for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee, discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
12 That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thynges: delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
13 From such as leaue the wayes of righteousnesse, to walke in the wayes of darknesse: who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
14 Which reioyce in doyng naught, and delite in the wickednesse of the euyll: who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15 Whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in their pathes. men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes, So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
18 For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell. for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed; Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19 All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe. none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
20 Therfore walke thou in the way of such as be vertuous, & kepe the pathes of the righteous. So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous. Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21 For the iust shal dwell in the lande, and they that be perfect shall remayne in it. For the upright will inhabit the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22 But the vngodly shall be cut of from the earth: and the wicked doers shalbe rooted out of it. but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it. but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
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