Proverbs 8

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Does not wisdom call out, and prudence bestow her voice?	1 Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice ?
2 At the summits and the tops of exalted places, standing above the ways, in the midst of the paths,	2 Standing in the top of the highest places by the way, in the midst of the paths.
3 beside the gates of the city, at the very doors, she speaks, saying:	3 Beside the gates of the city, in the very doors she speaketh, saying:
4 “O men, to you I call out, and my voice is to the sons of men.	4 O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
5 O little ones, understand discernment. And you who are unwise, turn your souls.	5 O little ones, understand subtilty, and ye unwise, take notice.
6 Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.	6 Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.
7 My throat shall practice truth, and my lips shall detest the impious.	7 My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness.
8 All my words are just. There is no depravity in them, and no perversity.	8 All my words are just, there is nothing wicked nor perverse in them.
9 They are upright to those who understand, and equitable to those who discover knowledge.	9 They are right to them that understand, and just to them that find knowledge.
10 Accept my discipline, and not money. Choose the doctrine that is greater than gold.	10 Receive my instruction, and not money: choose knowledge rather than gold.
11 For wisdom is better than all that is most precious, and everything that is desirable cannot compare to her.	11 ,11For wisdom is better than all the most precious things: and whatsoever may be desired cannot be compared to
12 I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and I am inside learned thoughts.	12 I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
13 The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.	13 The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
14 Counsel is mine, and equity. Prudence is mine. Strength is mine.	14 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.
15 Through me, kings reign and legislators decree just conditions.	15 By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things,
16 Through me, princes rule and the powerful decree justice.	16 By me princes rule, and the mighty decree justice.
17 I love those who love me. And those who stand watch for me until morning shall discover me.	17 I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
18 With me, are wealth and glory, superb riches and justice.	18 With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.
19 For my fruit is better than gold and precious stones, and my progeny better than choice silver.	19 For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.
20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,	20 I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
21 so that I may enrich those who love me, and thus complete their treasures.	21 That I may enrich them that love me, and may fill their treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made anything, from the beginning.	22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any thing from the beginning.
23 I was ordained from eternity, and out of antiquity, before the earth was formed.	23 I was set up from eternity, and of old before the earth was made.
24 The abyss did not yet exist, and I was already conceived; neither had the fountains of waters yet erupted.	24 The depths were not as yet, and I was already conceived. neither had the fountains of waters as yet sprung out:
25 The mountains, with their great mass, had not yet been established. Before the hills, I was brought forth.	25 The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:
26 Still he had not made the earth, and the rivers, and the poles of the globe of the earth.	26 He had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the world.
27 I was already present: when he prepared the heavens; when, with a certain law and a circuit, he fortified the abyss;	27 When he prepared the heavens, I was present: when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths:
28 when he made firm the sky above, and set free the fountains of waters;	28 When he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
29 when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.	29 When he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the waters that they should not pass their limits: when be balanced the foundations of the earth;
30 I was with him in composing all things. And I was delighted, throughout every day, by playing in his sight at all times,	30 I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;
31 playing in globe of the earth. And my delight was to be with the sons of men.	31 Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.
32 Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways.	32 Now therefore, ye children, hear me: Blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Listen to discipline, and become wise, and do not be willing to cast it aside.	33 Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, and who stands watch at my gates everyday, and who observes at the posts of my doors.	34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors.
35 He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.	35 He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
36 But he who sins against me will wound his own soul. All who hate me love death.”	36 But he that shall sin against me, shall hurt his own soul. All that hate me love death.