Proverbs 8 — YLT

8Verse 1Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?^{Verse 2}At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,^{Verse 3}At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,^{Verse 4}'Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men.^{Verse 5}Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,^{Verse 6}Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.^{Verse 7}For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness.^{Verse 8}In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse.^{Verse 9}All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.^{Verse 10}Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.^{Verse 11}For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.^{Verse 12}I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.^{Verse 13}The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.^{Verse 14}Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might.^{Verse 15}By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,^{Verse 16}By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.^{Verse 17}I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.^{Verse 18}Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.^{Verse 19}Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.^{Verse 20}In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,^{Verse 21}To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.^{Verse 22}Jehovah possessed me — the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.^{Verse 23}From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth.^{Verse 24}In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters,^{Verse 25}Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth.^{Verse 26}While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world.^{Verse 27}In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep,^{Verse 28}In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep,^{Verse 29}In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,^{Verse 30}Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight — day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times,^{Verse 31}Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.^{Verse 32}And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.^{Verse 33}Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.^{Verse 34}O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.^{Verse 35}For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.^{Verse 36}And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!