Proverbs 1:1

ASV: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:

DARBY: Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

DRA: The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.

KJV: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:2

ASV: To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding;

DARBY: to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

DRA: To know wisdom, and instruction:

KJV: To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

Proverbs 1:3

ASV: To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

DARBY: to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity;

DRA: To understand the words of prudence: and to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity:

KJV: To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Proverbs 1:4

ASV: To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion:

DARBY: to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

DRA: To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding.

KJV: To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

Proverbs 1:5

ASV: That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

DARBY: He that is wise will hear, and will increase learning; and the intelligent will gain wise counsels:

DRA: A wise man shall hear and shall be wiser: and he that understandeth, shall possess governments.

KJV: A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Proverbs 1:6

ASV: To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

DARBY: to understand a proverb and an allegory, the words of the wise and their enigmas.

DRA: He shall understand a parable, and the interpretation, the words of the wise, and their mysterious sayings.

KJV: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 1:7

ASV: The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

DARBY: The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.

DRA: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

KJV: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:8

ASV: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

DARBY: Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

DRA: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother :

KJV: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 1:9

ASV: For they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head, And chains about thy neck.

DARBY: for they shall be a garland of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

DRA: That grace may be added to thy head, and a chain of gold to thy neck.

KJV: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Proverbs 1:10

ASV: My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

DARBY: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not.

DRA: My son, if sinners shall entice thee, consent not to them.

KJV: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Proverbs 1:11

ASV: If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

DARBY: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

DRA: If they shall say: Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us hide snares for the innocent without cause:

KJV: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:12

ASV: Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

DARBY: let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

DRA: Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.

KJV: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Proverbs 1:13

ASV: We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

DARBY: we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

DRA: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.

KJV: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Proverbs 1:14

ASV: Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

DARBY: cast in thy lot among us; we will all have one purse:

DRA: Cast in thy lot with us, let us all have one purse.

KJV: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Proverbs 1:15

ASV: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

DARBY: my son, walk not in the way with them, keep back thy foot from their path;

DRA: My son, walk not thou with them, restrain thy foot from their paths.

KJV: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Proverbs 1:16

ASV: For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

DARBY: for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

DRA: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

KJV: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:17

ASV: For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

DARBY: For in vain the net is spread in the sight of anything which hath wings.

DRA: But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

KJV: Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Proverbs 1:18

ASV: And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

DARBY: And these lay wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

DRA: And they themselves lie in wait for their own blood, and practise deceits against their own souls.

KJV: And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:19

ASV: So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

DARBY: So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

DRA: So the wage of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors.

KJV: So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 1:20

ASV: Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places;

DARBY: Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;

DRA: Wisdom preacheth abroad, she uttereth her voice in the streets:

KJV: Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Proverbs 1:21

ASV: She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words:

DARBY: she calleth in the chief [place] of concourse, in the entry of the gates; in the city she uttereth her words:

DRA: At the head of multitudes she crieth out, in the entrance of the gates of the city she uttereth her words, saying:

KJV: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

Proverbs 1:22

ASV: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

DARBY: How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

DRA: O children, how long will you love childishness, and fools covet those things which are hurtful to themselves, and the unwise hate knowledge?

KJV: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:23

ASV: Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

DARBY: Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.

DRA: Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

KJV: Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

Proverbs 1:24

ASV: Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

DARBY: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

DRA: Because I called, and you refused: I stretched out my hand, and there was none that regarded.

KJV: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Proverbs 1:25

ASV: But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

DARBY: and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

DRA: You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

KJV: But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 1:26

ASV: I also will laugh in [the day of] your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

DARBY: I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;

DRA: I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.

KJV: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 1:27

ASV: When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

DARBY: when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

DRA: When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:

KJV: When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Proverbs 1:28

ASV: Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

DARBY: then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.

DRA: Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:

KJV: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Proverbs 1:29

ASV: For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

DARBY: Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

DRA: Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,

KJV: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Proverbs 1:30

ASV: They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

DARBY: they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof:

DRA: Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.

KJV: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 1:31

ASV: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

DARBY: therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.

DRA: Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.

KJV: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32

ASV: For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

DARBY: For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

DRA: The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

KJV: For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 1:33

ASV: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

DARBY: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from fear of evil.

DRA: But he that shall hear me, shall rest without terror, and shall enjoy abundance, without fear of evils.

KJV: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

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