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| | |Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. | | |Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. |
| − | |Hear me now, O you children, and don't depart from the words of my mouth. | + | |Hear me now, O you children, and don't depart from the words of my mouth, |
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| | |Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: | | |Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: |
| − | | | + | |dont give your honour to others, or your years to the cruel, |
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| | |Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; | | |Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; |
| − | | | + | |let not strangers be filled with your wealth or your labours be in the house of a stranger, |
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| | |I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. | | |I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. |
| − | | | + | |i was almost in all evil in the presence of the congregation and the assembly. |
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| | |Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. | | |Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. |
| − | | | + | |Drink your own collected waters, and running waters out of your own well. |
| − | | | + | |Original KJV uses the word cistern which is a receptacle for collecting and storing rain water etc. collected waters is better for communicating the point in the modern english. |
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| | |Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. | | |Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. |
| − | | | + | |let them be only your own and not with strangers. |
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| | |Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. | | |Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. |
| − | | | + | |Let your fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of your youth. |
| − | | | + | |in the context of rejoicing with ones wife "fountain" can be "interpreted" in more then one way. |
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| | |Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. | | |Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. |
| − | | | + | |let her be as the loving hind and the pleasant roe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times, be ravished always always with her love |
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| | |And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? | | |And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
| − | | | + | |and will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
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| | |For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. | | |For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. |
| − | | | + | |For the ways of man are in front of the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his ways. |
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| | |He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. | | |He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
| − | | | + | |He shall die without correction, and in his great foolishness he will go astray. |
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