36AND [ONE WHO] MISSES ME [IS] DOING WRONG TO SELF HIS ALL [THOSE WHO] HATE ME THEY LOVE DEATH 36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
1WISDOM<S> SHE HAS BUILT HOUSE HER SHE HAS HEWN PILLARS HER SEVEN The Way of Wisdom (Proverbs 1:1–7) 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out*NoteCloseHebrew; LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum has set up her seven pillars.
2SHE HAS SLAUGHTERED SLAUGHTERING HER SHE HAS MIXED WINE HER ALSO SHE HAS ARRANGED TABLE HER 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3SHE HAS SENT OUT FEMALE SERVANTS HER SHE CALLS OUT ON [THE] ELEVATIONS OF [THE] HEIGHTS OF [THE] TOWN 3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
4WHO? [IS] NAIVE LET HIM TURN ASIDE HERE [ONE] LACKING OF HEART SHE SAYS TO HIM 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
5COME EAT IN FOOD MY AND DRINK IN [THE] WINE [WHICH] I HAVE MIXED 5“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
6ABANDON FOOLISH THINGS AND LIVE AND ADVANCE IN [THE] WAY OF UNDERSTANDING 6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
7[ONE WHO] ADMONISHES A MOCKER [IS] RECEIVING FOR HIMSELF SHAME AND [ONE WHO] REPROVES <TO> A WICKED [PERSON] DEFECT HIS 7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
8MAY NOT YOU REPROVE A MOCKER LEST HE SHOULD HATE YOU REPROVE <TO> A WISE [PERSON] AND HE WILL LOVE YOU 8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9GIVE TO A WISE [PERSON] SO HE MAY BE WISE YET MAKE KNOWN TO A RIGHTEOUS [PERSON] SO MAY HE INCREASE INSIGHT 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
10[IS THE] BEGINNING OF WISDOM [THE] FEAR OF YAHWEH AND [THE] KNOWLEDGE OF [THE] HOLY [ONE<S>] [IS] UNDERSTANDING 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11FOR BY ME THEY WILL INCREASE DAYS YOUR SO THEY MAY ADD TO YOU YEARS OF LIFE 11For through wisdom*NoteCloseLXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum; Hebrew through me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
12IF YOU ARE WISE YOU ARE WISE FOR YOURSELF AND YOU MOCK TO ALONE YOU YOU WILL BEAR [IT] 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
13A WOMAN OF FOLLY [IS] BOISTEROUS NAIVETE AND NOT SHE KNOWS WHATEVER The Way of Folly 13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
14AND SHE SITS TO [THE] DOORWAY OF HOUSE HER ON A SEAT [THE] HEIGHTS OF [THE] TOWN 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
15TO CALL OUT TO [THOSE WHO] PASS BY OF [THE] ROAD THOSE [WHO] MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS THEIR 15calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
16WHO? [IS] NAIVE LET HIM TURN ASIDE HERE AND [ONE] LACKING OF HEART AND SHE SAYS TO HIM 16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
17WATERS STOLEN THEY ARE SWEET AND BREAD OF SECRET PLACES IT IS DELIGHTFUL 17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
18AND NOT HE KNOWS THAT [THE] SHADES [ARE] THERE [ARE] IN [THE] DEPTHS OF SHEOL INVITED [ONES] HER 18But they do not know that the dead*NoteCloseHebrew the Rephaim are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.