KJV ¹ My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

VULC ¹ [Fili mi, attende ad sapientiam meam,
et prudentiæ meæ inclina aurem tuam :

WLC ¹ בְּ֭נִי לְחָכְמָתִ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗י הַט־ אָזְנֶֽךָ׃

KJV ² That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

VULC ² ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent.
Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris ;

WLC ² לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְזִמּ֑וֹת וְ֝דַ֗עַת שְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃

KJV ³ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

VULC ³ favus enim distillans labia meretricis,
et nitidius oleo guttur ejus :

WLC ³ כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃

KJV ⁴ But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

VULC ⁴ novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium,
et acuta quasi gladius biceps.

WLC ⁴ וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃

KJV ⁵ Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

VULC ⁵ Pedes ejus descendunt in mortem,
et ad inferos gressus illius penetrant.

WLC ⁵ רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

KJV ⁶ Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

VULC ⁶ Per semitam vitæ non ambulant ;
vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.

WLC ⁶ אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־ תְּפַלֵּ֑ס נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ לֹ֣א תֵדָֽע׃

KJV ⁷ Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

VULC ⁷ Nunc ergo fili mi, audi me,
et ne recedas a verbis oris mei.

WLC ⁷ וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־ לִ֑י וְאַל־ תָּ֝ס֗וּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־ פִֽי׃

KJV ⁸ Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

VULC ⁸ Longe fac ab ea viam tuam,
et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.

WLC ⁸ הַרְחֵ֣ק מֵעָלֶ֣יהָ דַרְכֶּ֑ךָ וְאַל־ תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב אֶל־ פֶּ֥תַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃

KJV ⁹ Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

VULC ⁹ Ne des alienis honorem tuum,
et annos tuos crudeli :

WLC ⁹ פֶּן־ תִּתֵּ֣ן לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים הוֹדֶ֑ךָ וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃

KJV ¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

VULC ¹⁰ ne forte impleantur extranei viribus tuis,
et labores tui sint in domo aliena,

WLC ¹⁰ פֶּֽן־ יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי׃

KJV ¹¹ And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

VULC ¹¹ et gemas in novissimis,
quando consumpseris carnes tuas et corpus tuum,
et dicas :

WLC ¹¹ וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃

KJV ¹² And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

VULC ¹² Cur detestatus sum disciplinam,
et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,

WLC ¹² וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃

KJV ¹³ And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

VULC ¹³ nec audivi vocem docentium me,
et magistris non inclinavi aurem meam ?

WLC ¹³ וְֽלֹא־ שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי בְּק֣וֹל מוֹרָ֑י וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י לֹא־ הִטִּ֥יתִי אָזְנִֽי׃

KJV ¹⁴ I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

VULC ¹⁴ pene fui in omni malo,
in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.

WLC ¹⁴ כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל־ רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃

KJV ¹⁵ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

VULC ¹⁵ Bibe aquam de cisterna tua,
et fluenta putei tui ;

WLC ¹⁵ שְׁתֵה־ מַ֥יִם מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃

KJV ¹⁶ Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

VULC ¹⁶ deriventur fontes tui foras,
et in plateis aquas tuas divide.

WLC ¹⁶ יָפ֣וּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ ח֑וּצָה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת פַּלְגֵי־ מָֽיִם׃

KJV ¹⁷ Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

VULC ¹⁷ Habeto eas solus,
nec sint alieni participes tui.

WLC ¹⁷ יִֽהְיוּ־ לְךָ֥ לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ וְאֵ֖ין לְזָרִ֣ים אִתָּֽךְ׃

KJV ¹⁸ Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

VULC ¹⁸ Sit vena tua benedicta,
et lætare cum muliere adolescentiæ tuæ.

WLC ¹⁸ יְהִֽי־ מְקוֹרְךָ֥ בָר֑וּךְ וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃

KJV ¹⁹ Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

VULC ¹⁹ Cerva carissima, et gratissimus hinnulus :
ubera ejus inebrient te in omni tempore ;
in amore ejus delectare jugiter.

WLC ¹⁹ אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־ עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃

KJV ²⁰ And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

VULC ²⁰ Quare seduceris, fili mi, ab aliena,
et foveris in sinu alterius ?

WLC ²⁰ וְלָ֤מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣י בְזָרָ֑ה וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק חֵ֣ק נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

KJV ²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

VULC ²¹ Respicit Dominus vias hominis,
et omnes gressus ejus considerat.

WLC ²¹ כִּ֤י נֹ֨כַח ׀ עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־ אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־ מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו מְפַלֵּֽס׃

KJV ²² His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

VULC ²² Iniquitates suas capiunt impium,
et funibus peccatorum suorum constringitur.

WLC ²² עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ אֶת־ הָרָשָׁ֑ע וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃

KJV ²³ He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

VULC ²³ Ipse morietur, quia non habuit disciplinam,
et in multitudine stultitiæ suæ decipietur.]

WLC ²³ ה֗וּא יָ֭מוּת בְּאֵ֣ין מוּסָ֑ר וּבְרֹ֖ב אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃