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Proverbs 8:30-32
New International Version
Proverbs 8:30-32
New International Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child
箴言 8:30-32
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
箴言 8:30-32
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
30 我就在祂身旁，
做祂的工程師，
天天成為祂的喜樂，
終日在祂面前歡悅，
31 因祂所造的人世而歡悅，
因祂所造的世人而喜樂。
32 「孩子們啊，你們要聽從我，
持守我道路的人有福了。
Proverbs 8:30-32
English Standard Version
Proverbs 8:30-32
English Standard Version
30 then (A)I was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his[a] (B)delight,
rejoicing before him always,
31 (C)rejoicing in his (D)inhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 8:30 Or daily filled with
Proverbs 8:30-32
Expanded Bible
Proverbs 8:30-32
Expanded Bible
30 I was like a ·child [nursling; or craftsman; architect] by his side.
I was ·delighted [playing] every day,
·enjoying [laughing in] his presence all the time,
31 ·enjoying [laughing with the inhabitants of] the whole world,
and ·delighted [playing] with all its people [John 1:1–3; Col. 1:15; C Jesus is associated with personified Wisdom in that both were present with God during creation].
32 “Now, my ·children [L sons], listen to me,
because those who ·follow my ways [guard my path] are happy.
Proverbs 8:30-32
King James Version
Proverbs 8:30-32
King James Version
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.
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