DRC, KJV, VulgClementine - Proverbs - 9

9:1  Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.

9:1  Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

9:1  Sapientia ædificavit sibi domum : excidit columnas septem.

9:2  She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.

9:2  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

9:2  Immolavit victimas suas, miscuit vinum, et proposuit mensam suam.

9:3  She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:

9:3  She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

9:3  Misit ancillas suas ut vocarent ad arcem et ad mœnia civitatis.

9:4  Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:

9:4  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

9:4  Si quis est parvulus, veniat ad me. Et insipientibus locuta est :

9:5  Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.

9:5  Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

9:5  Venite, comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.

9:6  Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.

9:6  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

9:6  Relinquite infantiam, et vivite, et ambulate per vias prudentiæ.

9:7  He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

9:7  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

9:7  Qui erudit derisorem, ipse injuriam sibi facit, et qui arguit impium, sibi maculam generat.

9:8  Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

9:8  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

9:8  Noli arguere derisorem, ne oderit te : argue sapientem, et diliget te.

9:9  Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.

9:9  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

9:9  Da sapienti occasionem, et addetur ei sapientia ; doce justum, et festinabit accipere.

9:10  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

9:10  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

9:10  Principium sapientiæ timor Domini, et scientia sanctorum prudentia.

9:11  For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

9:11  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

9:11  Per me enim multiplicabuntur dies tui, et addentur tibi anni vitæ.

9:12  If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.

9:12  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

9:12  Si sapiens fueris, tibimetipsi eris ; si autem illusor, solus portabis malum.

9:13  A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

9:13  A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

9:13  Mulier stulta et clamosa, plenaque illecebris, et nihil omnino sciens,

9:14  Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

9:14  For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

9:14  sedit in foribus domus suæ, super sellam in excelso urbis loco,

9:15  To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:

9:15  To call passengers who go right on their ways:

9:15  ut vocaret transeuntes per viam, et pergentes itinere suo :

9:16  He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:

9:16  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

9:16  Qui est parvulus declinet ad me. Et vecordi locuta est :

9:17  Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.

9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

9:17  Aquæ furtivæ dulciores sunt, et panis absconditus suavior.

9:18  And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

9:18  But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

9:18  Et ignoravit quod ibi sint gigantes, et in profundis inferni convivæ ejus.