1 Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice? YLT — Proverbs 8:1
2 At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood, YLT — Proverbs 8:2
3 At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud, YLT — Proverbs 8:3
4 ’Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men. YLT — Proverbs 8:4
5 Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart, YLT — Proverbs 8:5
6 Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness. YLT — Proverbs 8:6
7 For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness. YLT — Proverbs 8:7
8 In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse. YLT — Proverbs 8:8
9 All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge. YLT — Proverbs 8:9
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold. YLT — Proverbs 8:10
11 For better [is] wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it. YLT — Proverbs 8:11
12 I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out. YLT — Proverbs 8:12
13 The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated. YLT — Proverbs 8:13
14 Mine [is] counsel and substance, I [am] understanding, I have might. YLT — Proverbs 8:14
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness, YLT — Proverbs 8:15
16 By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth. YLT — Proverbs 8:16
17 I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me. YLT — Proverbs 8:17
18 Wealth and honour [are] with me, Lasting substance and righteousness. YLT — Proverbs 8:18
19 Better [is] my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver. YLT — Proverbs 8:19
20 In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment, YLT — Proverbs 8:20
21 To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill. YLT — Proverbs 8:21
22 Jehovah possessed me — the beginning of His way, Before His works since then. YLT — Proverbs 8:22
23 From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth. YLT — Proverbs 8:23
24 In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy [with] waters, YLT — Proverbs 8:24
25 Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth. YLT — Proverbs 8:25
26 While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world. YLT — Proverbs 8:26
27 In His preparing the heavens I [am] there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep, YLT — Proverbs 8:27
28 In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep, YLT — Proverbs 8:28
29 In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth, YLT — Proverbs 8:29
30 Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight — day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times, YLT — Proverbs 8:30
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men. YLT — Proverbs 8:31
32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. YLT — Proverbs 8:32
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. YLT — Proverbs 8:33
34 O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance. YLT — Proverbs 8:34
35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah. YLT — Proverbs 8:35
36 And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death! YLT — Proverbs 8:36