KJV

1  My son,¹¹²¹ keep⁸¹⁰⁴ my words,⁵⁶¹ and lay up⁶⁸⁴⁵ my commandments⁴⁶⁸⁷ with⁸⁵⁴ thee.

2  Keep⁸¹⁰⁴ my commandments,⁴⁶⁸⁷ and live;²⁴²¹ and my law⁸⁴⁵¹ as the apple³⁸⁰ of thine eye.⁵⁸⁶⁹

3  Bind⁷¹⁹⁴ them upon⁵⁹²¹ thy fingers,⁶⁷⁶ write³⁷⁸⁹ them upon⁵⁹²¹ the table³⁸⁷¹ of thine heart.³⁸²⁰

4  Say⁵⁵⁹ unto wisdom,²⁴⁵¹ Thou⁸⁵⁹ art my sister;²⁶⁹ and call⁷¹²¹ understanding⁹⁹⁸ thy kinswoman:⁴¹²⁹

5  That they may keep⁸¹⁰⁴ thee from the strange²¹¹⁴ woman,^{4480 802} from the stranger^{4480 5237} which flattereth²⁵⁰⁵ with her words.⁵⁶¹

6  For³⁵⁸⁸ at the window²⁴⁷⁴ of my house¹⁰⁰⁴ I looked⁸²⁵⁹ through¹¹⁵⁷ my casement,⁸²²

7  And beheld⁷²⁰⁰ among the simple ones,⁶⁶¹² I discerned⁹⁹⁵ among the youths,¹¹²¹ a young man⁵²⁸⁸ void²⁶³⁸ of understanding,³⁸²⁰

8  Passing⁵⁶⁷⁴ through the street⁷⁷⁸⁴ near⁶⁸¹ her corner;⁶⁴³⁸ and he went⁶⁸⁰⁵ the way¹⁸⁷⁰ to her house,¹⁰⁰⁴

9  In the twilight,⁵³⁹⁹ in the evening,^{6153 3117} in the black³⁸⁰ and dark⁶⁵³ night:³⁹¹⁵

10  And, behold,²⁰⁰⁹ there met⁷¹²⁵ him a woman⁸⁰² with the attire⁷⁸⁹⁷ of a harlot,²¹⁸¹ and subtle⁵³⁴¹ of heart.³⁸²⁰

11  (She¹⁹³¹ is loud¹⁹⁹³ and stubborn;⁵⁶³⁷ her feet⁷²⁷² abide⁷⁹³¹ not³⁸⁰⁸ in her house:¹⁰⁰⁴

12  Now⁶⁴⁷¹ is she without,²³⁵¹ now⁶⁴⁷¹ in the streets,⁷³³⁹ and lieth in wait⁶⁹³ at⁶⁸¹ every³⁶⁰⁵ corner.)⁶⁴³⁸

13  So she caught²³⁸⁸ him, and kissed⁵⁴⁰¹ him, and with an impudent⁵⁸¹⁰ face⁶⁴⁴⁰ said⁵⁵⁹ unto him,

14  I have peace offerings^{2077 8002} with⁵⁹²¹ me; this day³¹¹⁷ have I paid⁷⁹⁹⁹ my vows.⁵⁰⁸⁸

15  Therefore^{5921 3651} came I forth³³¹⁸ to meet⁷¹²⁵ thee, diligently to seek⁷⁸³⁶ thy face,⁶⁴⁴⁰ and I have found⁴⁶⁷² thee.

16  I have decked⁷²³⁴ my bed⁶²¹⁰ with coverings of tapestry,⁴⁷⁶⁵ with carved²⁴⁰⁵ works, with fine linen³³⁰ of Egypt.⁴⁷¹⁴

17  I have perfumed⁵¹³⁰ my bed⁴⁹⁰⁴ with myrrh,⁴⁷⁵³ aloes,¹⁷⁴ and cinnamon.⁷⁰⁷⁶

18  Come,¹⁹⁸⁰ let us take our fill⁷³⁰¹ of love¹⁷³⁰ until⁵⁷⁰⁴ the morning:¹²⁴² let us solace ourselves⁵⁹⁶⁵ with loves.¹⁵⁹

19  For³⁵⁸⁸ the goodman³⁷⁶ is not³⁶⁹ at home,¹⁰⁰⁴ he is gone¹⁹⁸⁰ a long^{4480 7350} journey:¹⁸⁷⁰

20  He hath taken³⁹⁴⁷ a bag⁶⁸⁷² of money³⁷⁰¹ with³⁰²⁷ him, and will come⁹³⁵ home¹⁰⁰⁴ at the day³¹¹⁷ appointed.³⁶⁷⁷

21  With her much⁷²³⁰ fair speech³⁹⁴⁸ she caused him to yield,⁵¹⁸⁶ with the flattering²⁵⁰⁶ of her lips⁸¹⁹³ she forced⁵⁰⁸⁰ him.

22  He goeth¹⁹⁸⁰ after³¹⁰ her straightway,⁶⁵⁹⁷ as an ox⁷⁷⁹⁴ goeth⁹³⁵ to⁴¹³ the slaughter,²⁸⁷⁴ or as a fool¹⁹¹ to⁴¹³ the correction⁴¹⁴⁸ of the stocks;⁵⁹¹⁴

23  Till⁵⁷⁰⁴ a dart²⁶⁷¹ strike through⁶³⁹⁸ his liver;³⁵¹⁶ as a bird⁶⁸³³ hasteth⁴¹¹⁶ to⁴¹³ the snare,⁶³⁴¹ and knoweth³⁰⁴⁵ not³⁸⁰⁸ that³⁵⁸⁸ it¹⁹³¹ is for his life.⁵³¹⁵

24  Hearken⁸⁰⁸⁵ unto me now⁶²⁵⁸ therefore, O ye children,¹¹²¹ and attend⁷¹⁸¹ to the words⁵⁶¹ of my mouth.⁶³¹⁰

25  Let not⁴⁰⁸ thine heart³⁸²⁰ decline⁷⁸⁴⁷ to⁴¹³ her ways,¹⁸⁷⁰ go not astray^{8582 408} in her paths.⁵⁴¹⁰

26  For³⁵⁸⁸ she hath cast down⁵³⁰⁷ many⁷²²⁷ wounded:²⁴⁹¹ yea, many³⁶⁰⁵ strong⁶⁰⁹⁹ men have been slain²⁰²⁶ by her.

27  Her house¹⁰⁰⁴ is the way¹⁸⁷⁰ to hell,⁷⁵⁸⁵ going down³³⁸¹ to⁴¹³ the chambers²³¹⁵ of death.⁴¹⁹⁴

Sep

1 υἱέ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ
υἱέ τίμα τὸν κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον

2 φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολάς καὶ βιώσεις τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων

3 περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου

4 εἶπον τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ

5 ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται

6 ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα

7 ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν

8 παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς

9 καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ ᾖ καὶ γνοφώδης

10 ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας

11 ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστιν καὶ ἄσωτος ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς

12 χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει

13 εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ

14 θυσία εἰρηνική μοί ἐστιν σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου

15 ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε

16 κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ᾽ Αἰγύπτου

17 διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ

18 ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι

19 οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκῳ πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακρὰν

20 ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δι᾽ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ

21 ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν

22 ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς

23 ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει

24 νῦν οὖν υἱέ ἄκουέ μου καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασιν στόματός μου

25 μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου

26 πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν

27 ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμίεια τοῦ θανάτου

Tan

‎1 ‏בְּ֭נִי שְׁמֹ֣ר אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃

‎2 ‏שְׁמֹ֣ר מִצְוֹתַ֣י וֶחְיֵ֑ה וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

‎3 ‏קָשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ כָּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃

‎4 ‏אֱמֹ֣ר לַֽ֭חָכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע לַבִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃

‎5 ‏לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

‎6 ‏כִּ֭י בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑י בְּעַ֖ד אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃

‎7 ‏וָאֵ֤רֶא בַפְּתָאיִ֗ם אָ֘בִ֤ינָה בַבָּנִ֗ים נַ֣עַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃

‎8 ‏עֹבֵ֣ר בַּ֭שּׁוּק אֵ֣צֶל פִּנָּ֑הּ וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣הּ יִצְעָֽד׃

‎9 ‏בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃

‎10 ‏וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִקְרָאת֑וֹ שִׁ֥ית ז֝וֹנָ֗ה וּנְצֻ֥רַת לֵֽב׃

‎11 ‏הֹמִיָּ֣ה הִ֣יא וְסֹרָ֑רֶת בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃

‎12 ‏פַּ֤עַם׀ בַּח֗וּץ פַּ֥עַם בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת וְאֵ֖צֶל כָּל־פִּנָּ֣ה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃

‎13 ‏וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה בּ֖וֹ וְנָ֣שְׁקָה־לּ֑וֹ הֵעֵ֥זָה פָ֝נֶ֗יהָ וַתֹּ֣אמַר לֽוֹ׃

‎14 ‏זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃

‎15 ‏עַל־כֵּ֭ן יָצָ֣אתִי לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָ לְשַׁחֵ֥ר פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃

‎16 ‏מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃

‎17 ‏נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

‎18 ‏לְכָ֤ה נִרְוֶ֣ה דֹ֭דִים עַד־הַבֹּ֑קֶר נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה בָּאֳהָבִֽים׃

‎19 ‏כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין הָאִ֣ישׁ בְּבֵית֑וֹ הָ֝לַ֗ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃

‎20 ‏צְֽרוֹר־הַ֭כֶּסֶף לָקַ֣ח בְּיָד֑וֹ לְי֥וֹם הַ֝כֵּ֗סֶא יָבֹ֥א בֵיתֽוֹ׃

‎21 ‏הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃

‎22 ‏ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְ אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ פִּ֫תְאֹ֥ם כְּ֭שׁוֹר אֶל־טָ֣בַח¹ יָב֑וֹא וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס אֶל־מוּסַ֥ר אֱוִֽיל׃

‎23 ‏עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֪ח חֵ֡ץ כְּֽבֵד֗וֹ כְּמַהֵ֣ר צִפּ֣וֹר אֶל־פָּ֑ח וְלֹֽא־יָ֝דַ֗ע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹ הֽוּא׃ פ

‎24 ‏וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִ֑י וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

‎25 ‏אַל־יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תֵּ֝תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃

‎26 ‏כִּֽי־רַבִּ֣ים חֲלָלִ֣ים הִפִּ֑ילָה וַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗ים כָּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃

‎27 ‏דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתָ֑הּ יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת׃ פ

Vul

1 [Fili mi, custodi sermones meos,
et præcepta mea reconde tibi.
Fili,

2 serva mandata mea, et vives;
et legem meam quasi pupillam oculi tui:

3 liga eam in digitis tuis,
scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.

4 Dic sapientiæ: Soror mea es,
et prudentiam voca amicam tuam:

5 ut custodiant te a muliere extranea,
et ab aliena quæ verba sua dulcia facit.

6 De fenestra enim domus meæ
per cancellos prospexi,

7 et video parvulos;
considero vecordem juvenem,

8 qui transit per plateam juxta angulum
et prope viam domus illius graditur:

9 in obscuro, advesperascente die,
in noctis tenebris et caligine.

10 Et ecce occurrit illi mulier ornatu meretricio,
præparata ad capiendas animas:
garrula et vaga,

11 quietis impatiens,
nec valens in domo consistere pedibus suis;

12 nunc foris, nunc in plateis,
nunc juxta angulos insidians.

13 Apprehensumque deosculatur juvenem,
et procaci vultu blanditur, dicens:

14 Victimas pro salute vovi;
hodie reddidi vota mea:

15 idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum,
desiderans te videre, et reperi.

16 Intexui funibus lectulum meum;
stravi tapetibus pictis ex Ægypto:

17 aspersi cubile meum myrrha,
et aloë, et cinnamomo.

18 Veni, inebriemur uberibus,
et fruamur cupitis amplexibus donec illucescat dies.

19 Non est enim vir in domo sua:
abiit via longissima:

20 sacculum pecuniæ secum tulit;
in die plenæ lunæ reversurus est in domum suam.

21 Irretivit eum multis sermonibus,
et blanditiis labiorum protraxit illum.

22 Statim eam sequitur quasi bos ductus ad victimam,
et quasi agnus lasciviens,
et ignorans quod ad vincula stultus trahatur:

23 donec transfigat sagitta jecur ejus,
velut si avis festinet ad laqueum,
et nescit quod de periculo animæ illius agitur.

24 Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi me,
et attende verbis oris mei.

25 Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua,
neque decipiaris semitis ejus;

26 multos enim vulneratos dejecit,
et fortissimi quique interfecti sunt ab ea.

27 Viæ inferi domus ejus,
penetrantes in interiora mortis.]