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| | |Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. | | |Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. |
| − | | | + | |Listen children to the instructions of a father and have good understanding. |
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| | |For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. | | |For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. |
| − | | | + | |because i will give you good doctrine, don't abandon my law. |
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| | |For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. | | |For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. |
| − | | | + | |i was my fathers son, tender and only loved in the sight of my mother. |
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| | |He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. | | |He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. |
| − | | | + | |He also taught, me and said to me, let your heart keep my words, keep my commandments and live. |
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| | |Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | | |Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
| − | | | + | |Get wisdom and understanding, don't forget it and don't reject the words from my mouth. |
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| | |Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. | | |Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. |
| − | | | + | |don't forsake her for she shall preserve you, love her and she will keep you. |
| − | | | + | |"she" is a personification of wisdom or understanding (feminine) |
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| | |Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. | | |Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. |
| − | | | + | |wisdom is the primary thing so get wisdom and with all your might get understanding |
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| | |Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. | | |Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. |
| − | | | + | |Exalt her, and she will rase you up, she will bring you honor when you embrace her. |
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| | |She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. | | |She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. |
| − | | | + | |she will put a ornament of grace, a crown of glory she will give you. |
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| | |Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. | | |Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. |
| − | | | + | |listen O my son and take my saying so you will live long. |
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| | |I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. | | |I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. |
| − | | | + | |i have taught you in a wise way and i have led you in correct paths. |
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| | |When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. | | |When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. |
| − | | | + | |when you leave, your steps will not be strained and when you run you will not fall. |
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| | |Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. | | |Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. |
| − | | | + | |take a firm grip of instruction, don't let her go, keep her! she is your life. |
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| | |Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. | | |Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. |
| − | | | + | |don't go down the path of the wicked and not in the way of evil men. |
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| | |Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. | | |Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. |
| − | | | + | |avoid it, don't even pass by it!, tern from it and pass away |
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| | |For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. | | |For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. |
| − | | | + | |because they don't sleep unless they have done mischief, they cant sleep unless they have caused someone to fall. |
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| | |For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. | | |For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. |
| − | | | + | |they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. |
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| | |But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. | | |But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
| − | | | + | |however, the path of the just is like a shining light that shines more they a perfect day. |
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| | |The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. | | |The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. |
| − | | | + | |the way of the wicked is like darkness they don't know what they stumble over |
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| | ==Chapter 5== | | ==Chapter 5== |