Proverbios 9
La Biblia de las Américas
La sabiduría y la insensatez
9 La sabiduría ha edificado su casa(A),
ha labrado sus siete columnas;
2 ha preparado su alimento[a](B), ha mezclado su vino(C),
ha puesto también su mesa(D);
3 ha enviado a sus doncellas(E), y clama
desde los lugares más altos de la ciudad(F):
4 Él que sea simple(G) que entre aquí.
Al falto de entendimiento[b] le dice(H):
5 Venid, comed de mi pan,
y bebed del vino que he mezclado(I).
6 Abandonad la necedad[c] y viviréis(J),
y andad por el camino del entendimiento(K).
7 Él que corrige al escarnecedor, atrae sobre sí deshonra,
y el que reprende al impío recibe insultos[d](L).
8 No reprendas al escarnecedor, para que no te aborrezca(M);
reprende al sabio, y te amará(N).
9 Da instrucción al sabio, y será aún más sabio,
enseña al justo, y aumentará su saber(O).
10 El principio de la sabiduría es el temor[e] del Señor,
y el conocimiento del Santo es inteligencia(P).
11 Pues por mí se multiplicarán tus días,
y años de vida te serán añadidos(Q).
12 Si eres sabio, eres sabio para provecho tuyo(R),
y si escarneces, tú solo lo sufrirás(S).
13 La mujer insensata es alborotadora(T),
es simple y no sabe nada(U).
14 Y se sienta a la puerta de su casa,
en un asiento, en los lugares altos de la ciudad(V),
15 llamando a los que pasan,
a los que van derechos por sus sendas:
16 Él que sea simple, que entre aquí.
Y al falto de entendimiento[f], le dice(W):
17 Dulces son las aguas hurtadas,
y el pan comido en secreto es sabroso(X).
18 Pero él no sabe que allí están los muertos[g],
que sus invitados están en las profundidades del Seol(Y).
Footnotes
- Proverbios 9:2 Lit., ha matado sus víctimas
- Proverbios 9:4 Lit., corazón
- Proverbios 9:6 O, a los simples
- Proverbios 9:7 Lit., una mancha
- Proverbios 9:10 O, la reverencia
- Proverbios 9:16 Lit., corazón
- Proverbios 9:18 Lit., las sombras
Proverbs 9
The Message
Lady Wisdom Gives a Dinner Party
9 1-6 Lady Wisdom has built and furnished her home;
it’s supported by seven hewn timbers.
The banquet meal is ready to be served: lamb roasted,
wine poured out, table set with silver and flowers.
Having dismissed her serving maids,
Lady Wisdom goes to town, stands in a prominent place,
and invites everyone within sound of her voice:
“Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on?
Come with me, oh come, have dinner with me!
I’ve prepared a wonderful spread—fresh-baked bread,
roast lamb, carefully selected wines.
Leave your impoverished confusion and live!
Walk up the street to a life with meaning.”
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7-12 If you reason with an arrogant cynic, you’ll get slapped in the face;
confront bad behavior and get a kick in the shins.
So don’t waste your time on a scoffer;
all you’ll get for your pains is abuse.
But if you correct those who care about life,
that’s different—they’ll love you for it!
Save your breath for the wise—they’ll be wiser for it;
tell good people what you know—they’ll profit from it.
Skilled living gets its start in the Fear-of-God,
insight into life from knowing a Holy God.
It’s through me, Lady Wisdom, that your life deepens,
and the years of your life ripen.
Live wisely and wisdom will permeate your life;
mock life and life will mock you.
Madame Prostitute Calls Out, Too
13-18 Then there’s this other woman, Madame Prostitute—
brazen, empty-headed, frivolous.
She sits on the front porch
of her house on Main Street,
And as people walk by minding
their own business, calls out,
“Are you confused about life, don’t know what’s going on?
Steal off with me, I’ll show you a good time!
No one will ever know—I’ll give you the time of your life.”
But they don’t know about all the skeletons in her closet,
that all her guests end up in hell.
Proverbs 9
New King James Version
The Way of Wisdom
9 Wisdom has (A)built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 (B)She has slaughtered her meat,
(C)She has mixed her wine,
She has also [a]furnished her table.
3 She has sent out her maidens,
She cries out from the highest places of the city,
4 “Whoever(D) is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 “Come,(E) eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
7 “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8 (F)Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
(G)Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, (H)and he will increase in learning.
10 “The(I) fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 (J)For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
12 (K)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
The Way of Folly
13 (L)A foolish woman is [b]clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
14 For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat (M)by the highest places of the city,
15 To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
16 “Whoever(N) is [c]simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 “Stolen(O) water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that (P)the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of [d]hell.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:2 arranged
- Proverbs 9:13 boisterous
- Proverbs 9:16 naive
- Proverbs 9:18 Or Sheol
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
