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Proverbios 8
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Proverbios 8
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Llamado de la sabiduría
8 ¿Acaso no está llamando la sabiduría?
¿No está elevando su voz la inteligencia?
2 Establece su puesto en las alturas,
a la vera del camino y en las encrucijadas.
3 Junto a las puertas que dan a la ciudad,
a la entrada misma, grita fuertemente:
4 «A vosotros los hombres os estoy llamando;
dirijo mi voz a toda la humanidad.
5 Vosotros los inexpertos, ¡adquirid prudencia!
Vosotros los necios, ¡obtened discernimiento!
6 Escuchadme, que diré cosas importantes;
mis labios hablarán lo correcto.
7 Mi boca expresará la verdad,
pues mis labios detestan la mentira.
8 Las palabras de mi boca son todas justas;
no hay en ellas maldad ni doblez.
9 Son claras para los entendidos,
e irreprochables para los sabios.
10 Optad por mi instrucción, no por la plata;
por el conocimiento, no por el oro refinado.
11 Vale más la sabiduría que las piedras preciosas,
y ni lo más deseable se le compara.
12 »Yo, la sabiduría, convivo con la prudencia
y poseo conocimiento y discreción.
13 Quien teme al Señor aborrece lo malo;
yo aborrezco el orgullo y la arrogancia,
la mala conducta y el lenguaje perverso.
14 Míos son el consejo y el buen juicio;
míos son el entendimiento y el poder.
15 Por mí reinan los reyes
y promulgan leyes justas los gobernantes.
16 Por mí gobiernan los príncipes
y todos los nobles que rigen la tierra.[a]
17 A los que me aman, les correspondo;
a los que me buscan, me doy a conocer.
18 Conmigo están las riquezas y la honra,
la prosperidad[b] y los bienes duraderos.
19 Mi fruto es mejor que el oro fino;
mi cosecha sobrepasa a la plata refinada.
20 Voy por el camino de la rectitud,
por los senderos de la justicia,
21 enriqueciendo a los que me aman
y acrecentando sus tesoros.
22 »El Señor me dio la vida[c] como primicia de sus obras,[d]
mucho antes de sus obras de antaño.
23 Fui establecida desde la eternidad,
desde antes que existiera el mundo.
24 No existían los grandes mares cuando yo nací;
no había entonces manantiales de abundantes aguas.
25 Nací antes que fueran formadas las colinas,
antes que se cimentaran las montañas,
26 antes que él creara la tierra y sus paisajes
y el polvo primordial con que hizo el mundo.
27 Cuando Dios cimentó la bóveda celeste
y trazó el horizonte sobre las aguas,
allí estaba yo presente.
28 Cuando estableció las nubes en los cielos
y reforzó las fuentes del mar profundo;
29 cuando señaló los límites del mar,
para que las aguas obedecieran su mandato;
cuando plantó los fundamentos de la tierra,
30 allí estaba yo, afirmando su obra.
Día tras día me llenaba yo de alegría,
siempre disfrutaba de estar en su presencia;
31 me regocijaba en el mundo que él creó;
¡en el género humano me deleitaba!
32 »Y ahora, hijos míos, escuchadme:
dichosos los que van por[e] mis caminos.
33 Atended a mi instrucción, y sed sabios;
no la descuidéis.
34 Dichosos los que me escuchan
y a mis puertas están atentos cada día,
esperando a la entrada de mi casa.
35 En verdad, quien me encuentra halla la vida
y recibe el favor del Señor.
36 Quien me rechaza se perjudica a sí mismo;
quien me aborrece ama la muerte».
Proverbios 8
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Proverbios 8
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Llamado de la sabiduría
8 ¿Acaso no está llamando la sabiduría?
¿No está elevando su voz la inteligencia?
2 Toma su puesto en las alturas,
a la vera del camino y en las encrucijadas.
3 Junto a las puertas que dan a la ciudad,
a la entrada misma, grita con fuerza:
4 «A ustedes los hombres, los estoy llamando;
dirijo mi voz a toda la humanidad.
5 Ustedes los inexpertos, ¡adquieran prudencia!
Ustedes los necios, ¡obtengan discernimiento!
6 Escúchenme, que diré cosas importantes;
mis labios hablarán lo correcto.
7 Mi boca expresará la verdad,
pues mis labios detestan la maldad.
8 Las palabras de mi boca son todas justas;
no hay en ellas maldad ni perversidad.
9 Son claras para los entendidos
e irreprochables para los sabios.
10 Opten por mi instrucción, no por la plata;
por el conocimiento, no por el oro refinado.
11 Vale más la sabiduría que las piedras preciosas
y ni lo más deseable se le compara.
12 »Yo, la sabiduría, convivo con la prudencia
y poseo conocimiento y discreción.
13 Quien teme al Señor aborrece lo malo;
yo aborrezco el orgullo y la arrogancia,
la mala conducta y el lenguaje perverso.
14 Míos son el consejo y el buen juicio;
míos son el entendimiento y el poder.
15 Por mí reinan los reyes
y promulgan leyes justas los gobernantes.
16 Por mí gobiernan los príncipes y los nobles,
todos los jueces de la tierra.
17 A los que me aman, les correspondo;
a los que me buscan, me doy a conocer.
18 Conmigo están las riquezas y la honra,
los bienes duraderos y la justicia.
19 Mi fruto es mejor que el oro fino;
mi cosecha sobrepasa a la plata refinada.
20 Voy por el camino de la rectitud,
por los senderos de la justicia,
21 enriqueciendo a los que me aman
y acrecentando sus tesoros.
22 »El Señor me dio la vida[a] como primicia de sus obras,[b]
mucho antes de sus obras de antaño.
23 Fui establecida desde la eternidad,
desde antes de que existiera el mundo.
24 No existían los grandes mares cuando yo nací;
no había entonces manantiales de abundantes aguas.
25 Nací antes de que se cimentaran las montañas,
antes de que fueran formadas las colinas,
26 antes de que él creara la tierra y sus paisajes
y el polvo primordial con que hizo el mundo.
27 Cuando Dios cimentó la bóveda celeste
y trazó el horizonte sobre el abismo,
allí estaba yo presente.
28 Cuando estableció las nubes en los cielos
y reforzó las fuentes del abismo;
29 cuando señaló los límites del mar,
para que las aguas no desobedecieran su orden;
cuando estableció los cimientos de la tierra,
30 allí estaba yo a su lado, afirmando su obra.
Día tras día me llenaba yo de alegría,
siempre disfrutaba de estar en su presencia;
31 me regocijaba en el mundo que él creó;
¡en el género humano me deleitaba!
32 »Y ahora, hijos míos, escúchenme:
dichosos los que siguen[c] mis caminos.
33 Atiendan a mi instrucción y sean sabios;
no la descuiden.
34 Dichosos los que me escuchan
y a mis puertas están atentos cada día,
esperando a la entrada de mi casa.
35 En verdad, quien me encuentra halla la vida
y recibe el favor del Señor.
36 Quien me rechaza se perjudica a sí mismo;
quien me aborrece, ama la muerte».
Proverbs 8
New International Version
Proverbs 8
New International Version
Wisdom’s Call
8 Does not wisdom call out?(A)
Does not understanding raise her voice?
2 At the highest point along the way,
where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3 beside the gate leading into the city,
at the entrance, she cries aloud:(B)
4 “To you, O people, I call out;(C)
I raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You who are simple,(D) gain prudence;(E)
you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]
6 Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
I open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My mouth speaks what is true,(F)
for my lips detest wickedness.
8 All the words of my mouth are just;
none of them is crooked or perverse.
9 To the discerning all of them are right;
they are upright to those who have found knowledge.
10 Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,(G)
11 for wisdom is more precious(H) than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.(I)
12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
I possess knowledge and discretion.(J)
13 To fear the Lord(K) is to hate evil;(L)
I hate(M) pride and arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse speech.
14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
I have insight, I have power.(N)
15 By me kings reign
and rulers(O) issue decrees that are just;
16 by me princes govern,(P)
and nobles—all who rule on earth.[b]
17 I love those who love me,(Q)
and those who seek me find me.(R)
18 With me are riches and honor,(S)
enduring wealth and prosperity.(T)
19 My fruit is better than fine gold;(U)
what I yield surpasses choice silver.(V)
20 I walk in the way of righteousness,(W)
along the paths of justice,
21 bestowing a rich inheritance on those who love me
and making their treasuries full.(X)
22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[c][d]
before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
when there were no springs overflowing with water;(Y)
25 before the mountains were settled in place,(Z)
before the hills, I was given birth,(AA)
26 before he made the world or its fields
or any of the dust of the earth.(AB)
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,(AC)
when he marked out the horizon(AD) on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above(AE)
and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,(AF)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary(AG)
so the waters would not overstep his command,(AH)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.(AI)
30 Then I was constantly[e] at his side.(AJ)
I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world
and delighting in mankind.(AK)
32 “Now then, my children, listen(AL) to me;
blessed are(AM) those who keep my ways.(AN)
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not disregard it.
34 Blessed are those who listen(AO) to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
35 For those who find me(AP) find life(AQ)
and receive favor from the Lord.(AR)
36 But those who fail to find me harm themselves;(AS)
all who hate me love death.”(AT)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds
- Proverbs 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers
- Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
- Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work
- Proverbs 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child
Mishle 8
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Mishle 8
Orthodox Jewish Bible
8 Doth not Chochmah cry out? And Tevunah (understanding) put forth her voice?
2 In the top of high hills, beside the derech (road) in the bais netivot (meeting place of trodden paths, crossroads) nitzavah (she [Lady Wisdom, the lady street preacher] stands).
3 She crieth out at the she’arim (gates), at the entry of the city, at the entrance at the petachim (doorways):
4 Unto you, O ishim, I call out; and my voice is to the Bnei Adam.
5 O ye simple ones, understand armah (prudence); and, ye kesilim, understand in your lev.
6 Hear; for I will speak negidim (noble things, worthy [words]); and the opening of my sfatayim (lips) shall be meisharim (upright, fair things).
7 For my mouth shall speak emes; and resha is an abomination to my sfatayim (lips).
8 All the words of my peh (mouth) are in tzedek; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 They are all correct to him that discerneth, and yesharim (straight ones) to them that find da’as (knowledge).
10 Receive my musar, and not kesef; and da’as (knowledge) rather than choice gold.
11 For chochmah is tovah (better, more precious) than pearls; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 I, Chochmah, dwell with armah (prudence), and find out da’as (knowledge) of mezimot (discretions).
13 The Yirat Hashem is to hate rah; pride, and ga’on (arrogance), and the derech rah, and the perverse peh (mouth), do I hate.
14 Etzah (counsel, advice) is mine, and sound judgment; I am binah; I have gevurah.
15 By me melachim reign, and nobles decree tzedek.
16 By me sarim (princes) rule, and nobles, even all the shofetim of tzedek.
17 I love them that have ahavah for me; and those that seek me shall find me.
18 Osher and kavod are with me; indeed, enduring hon (wealth) and tzedakah.
19 My p’ri is better than gold, indeed, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice kesef.
20 I walk in the orach tzedakah (way of righteousness), in the midst of the netivot (paths) of mishpat,
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their otzarot.
22 Hashem possessed me in the reshit of His derech, before His works of old.
23 I was set up [to reign] me’olam (from eternity), from the beginning, or ever eretz was.
24 When there were no tehomot, I was brought forth; when there were no springs abounding with mayim.
25 Before the harim were settled, before the geva’ot (hills) was I brought forth;
26 While as yet He had not made eretz, nor the outer places, nor the beginning of the dust of the tevel.
27 When He set in place Shomayim, I was there; when He drew a khoog (circle, horizon) upon the face of the tehom,
28 When He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the tehom,
29 When He gave to the yam His chok (decree, limits), that the mayim should not pass its limits, when He appointed the foundations of the Eretz;
30 Then I was etzel (at the side of, beside [see Yn 1:1]) Him, as an Amon (master craftsman, builder, architect, artist); and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him [Mishle 30:4] ;
31 Rejoicing in the tevel of His Eretz; and my delights were with the Bnei Adam.
32 Now therefore pay heed unto me, O ye banim; for ashrei (blessed, happy) are they that are shomer over my drakhim.
33 Hear musar, and be chacham, and disdain it not.
34 Ashrei is adam that heareth me, watching daily at my dalatot, waiting at the mezuzot of my doors.
35 For whosoever findeth me findeth Chayyim, and shall obtain ratzon Hashem.
36 But he that sinneth against me doth chamas against his own nefesh; all they that hate me love mavet.
Proverbs 8
King James Version
Proverbs 8
King James Version
8 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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