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Proverbs 1-8 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 19:29, February 21, 2011
, 19:29, February 21, 2011Chapter 5; grammar and punctuation; translated verses 6, 16 and 22
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|That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
|That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
|so that you highly regard discretion and so your lips keep knowledge.
|So that you highly regard discretion and so your lips keep knowledge.
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|For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
|For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
|the lips of a strange woman is like a honeycomb, her mouth is smoother then oil:
|The lips of a strange woman are like a honeycomb, her mouth is smoother then oil:
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|But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
|But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
|but the result is bitter like poison wormwood, as sharp as a double-edged sword.
|But the result is bitter like poison wormwood, as sharp as a double-edged sword.
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|Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
|Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
|Her feet go down to death and her steps take hold in hell.
|Her feet go down to death, and her steps take hold in hell.
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|Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
|Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
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|If you ponder the path of life, it will move, and you cannot know it.
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|Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
|Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
|make your way far from her ways and don't come close to her house,
|Make your way far from her ways and don't come close to her house,
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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,
|Don't give your honor 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,
|Let not strangers be filled with your wealth or your labors be in the house of a stranger,
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|And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
|And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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|And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and body are consumed.
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|And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
|And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
|and say, i have hated instructions and my heart despised correction,
|And say, I have hated instructions and my heart despised correction,
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|And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
|And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
|i have not obeyed the voice of my teachers not not listened with my ear to them that instructed me!
|I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor have I listened with my ear to those who instructed me!
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|Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
|Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
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|Let your fountains be separated abroad, and rivers of waters in the street
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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.
|Let them be only your own and not with strangers.
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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
|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?
|And will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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|His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
|His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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|His own wrongdoings will take the wicked himself, and he will be tied in his own sins.
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