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א
בְּנִי, אִם-תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי; וּמִצְותַי, תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּךְ.
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1
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
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ב
לְהַקְשִׁיב לַחָכְמָה אָזְנֶךָ; תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ, לַתְּבוּנָה.
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2
So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
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ג
כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא; לַתְּבוּנָה, תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶךָ.
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3
Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
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ד
אִם-תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף; וְכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶׂנָּה.
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4
If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
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ה
אָז--תָּבִין, יִרְאַת יְהוָה; וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָא.
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5
Then shalt thou understand the fear of YAHOWAH, and find the knowledge of Eloheem.
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ו
כִּי-יְהוָה, יִתֵּן חָכְמָה; מִפִּיו, דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָה.
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6
For YAHOWAH giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
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ז
וצפן (יִצְפֹּן) לַיְשָׁרִים, תּוּשִׁיָּה; מָגֵן, לְהֹלְכֵי תֹם.
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7
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
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ח
לִנְצֹר, אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט; וְדֶרֶךְ חֲסִידָו יִשְׁמֹר.
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8
That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
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ט
אָז--תָּבִין, צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט; וּמֵישָׁרִים, כָּל-מַעְגַּל-טוֹב.
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9
Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
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י
כִּי-תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ; וְדַעַת, לְנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָם.
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10
For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
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יא
מְזִמָּה, תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ; תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶכָּה.
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11
Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
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יב
לְהַצִּילְךָ, מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע; מֵאִישׁ, מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכוֹת.
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12
To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
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יג
הַעֹזְבִים, אָרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר-- לָלֶכֶת, בְּדַרְכֵי-חֹשֶׁךְ.
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Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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יד
הַשְּׂמֵחִים, לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע; יָגִילוּ, בְּתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָע.
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14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
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טו
אֲשֶׁר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים; וּנְלוֹזִים, בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָם.
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15
Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
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טז
לְהַצִּילְךָ, מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה; מִנָּכְרִיָּה, אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה.
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16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
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יז
הַעֹזֶבֶת, אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ; וְאֶת-בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵחָה.
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That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her Eloheem.
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יח
כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל-מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ; וְאֶל-רְפָאִים, מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ.
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18
For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
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יט
כָּל-בָּאֶיהָ, לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן; וְלֹא-יַשִּׂיגוּ, אָרְחוֹת חַיִּים.
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None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
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כ
לְמַעַן--תֵּלֵךְ, בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים; וְאָרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹר.
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20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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כא
כִּי-יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ-אָרֶץ; וּתְמִימִים, יִוָּתְרוּ בָהּ.
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21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
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כב
וּרְשָׁעִים, מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ; וּבוֹגְדִים, יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּנָּה.
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But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.
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