Proverbs 1 - Compare Translations
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Proverbs 1:1
KJVThe proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
WEBThe proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
YLTProverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 1:2
KJVTo know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
WEBto know wisdom and instruction;
YLTFor knowing wisdom and instruction, For understanding sayings of intelligence,
Proverbs 1:3
KJVTo receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
WEBto receive instruction in wise dealing,
YLTFor receiving the instruction of wisdom, Righteousness, judgment, and uprightness,
Proverbs 1:4
KJVTo give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
WEBto give prudence to the simple,
YLTFor giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 1:5
KJVA wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
WEBthat the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
YLT(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)
Proverbs 1:6
KJVTo understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
WEBto understand a proverb, and parables,
YLTFor understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.
Proverbs 1:7
KJVThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
WEBThe fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
YLTFear of Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
Proverbs 1:8
KJVMy son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
WEBMy son, listen to your father’s instruction,
YLTHear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,
Proverbs 1:9
KJVFor they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
WEBfor they will be a garland to grace your head,
YLTFor a graceful wreath [are] they to thy head, And chains to thy neck.
Proverbs 1:10
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Proverbs 1:11
KJVIf they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
WEBIf they say, “Come with us.
YLTIf they say, `Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
Proverbs 1:12
KJVLet us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
WEBLet’s swallow them up alive like Sheol,
YLTWe swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down [to] the pit,
Proverbs 1:13
KJVWe shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
WEBWe’ll find all valuable wealth.
YLTEvery precious substance we find, We fill our houses [with] spoil,
Proverbs 1:14
KJVCast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
WEBYou shall cast your lot among us.
YLTThy lot thou dost cast among us, One purse is -- to all of us.'
Proverbs 1:15
KJVMy son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
WEBMy son, don’t walk on the path with them.
YLTMy son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,
Proverbs 1:16
KJVFor their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
WEBfor their feet run to evil.
YLTFor their feet to evil do run, And they haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:17
KJVSurely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
WEBFor in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:
YLTSurely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.
Proverbs 1:18
KJVAnd they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
WEBbut these lay wait for their own blood.
YLTAnd they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:19
KJVSo are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
WEBSo are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain.
YLTSo [are] the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
Proverbs 1:20
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Proverbs 1:21
KJVShe crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
WEBShe calls at the head of noisy places.
YLTAt the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:
Proverbs 1:22
KJVHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
WEB“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
YLT`Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:23
KJVTurn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
WEBTurn at my reproof.
YLTTurn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you.
Proverbs 1:24
KJVBecause I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
WEBBecause I have called, and you have refused;
YLTBecause I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,
Proverbs 1:25
KJVBut ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
WEBbut you have ignored all my counsel,
YLTAnd ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.
Proverbs 1:26
KJVI also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
WEBI also will laugh at your disaster.
YLTI also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
Proverbs 1:27
KJVWhen your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
WEBwhen calamity overtakes you like a storm,
YLTWhen your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.
Proverbs 1:28
KJVThen shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
WEBThen they will call on me, but I will not answer.
YLTThen they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
Proverbs 1:29
KJVFor that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
WEBbecause they hated knowledge,
YLTBecause that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.
Proverbs 1:30
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Proverbs 1:31
KJVTherefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
WEBTherefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way,
YLTAnd they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
Proverbs 1:32
KJVFor the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
WEBFor the backsliding of the simple will kill them.
YLTFor the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
Proverbs 1:33
KJVBut whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
WEBBut whoever listens to me will dwell securely,
YLTAnd whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!'
33 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT