Proverbs 8:1-9 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce? Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes: On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; At the highest point along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3 She cryeth at the gates of the citie, at the entrye of the doores: beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: beside the gate leading into the city, at the entrance, she cries aloud:
4 It is you O ye men saith she whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce. “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. “To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.
6 Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right: Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right, Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
7 For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse. for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips. My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.
8 All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them. All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them. All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.
9 They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge. They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge. To the discerning all of them are right; they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
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