Pr 8 (King James)

¹ 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.

Pr 8 (Vulgate)

¹ [Numquid non sapientia clamitat, et prudentia dat vocem suam ?
² In summis excelsisque verticibus supra viam, in mediis semitis stans,
³ juxta portas civitatis, in ipsis foribus loquitur, dicens :
⁴ O viri, ad vos clamito, et vox mea ad filios hominum.
⁵ Intelligite, parvuli, astutiam, et insipientes, animadvertite.
⁶ Audite, quoniam de rebus magnis locutura sum, et aperientur labia mea ut recta prædicent.
⁷ Veritatem meditabitur guttur meum, et labia mea detestabuntur impium.
⁸ Justi sunt omnes sermones mei : non est in eis pravum quid, neque perversum ;
⁹ recti sunt intelligentibus, et æqui invenientibus scientiam.
¹⁰ Accipite disciplinam meam, et non pecuniam ; doctrinam magis quam aurum eligite :
¹¹ melior est enim sapientia cunctis pretiosissimis, et omne desiderabile ei non potest comparari.]
¹² [Ego sapientia, habito in consilio, et eruditis intersum cogitationibus.
¹³ Timor Domini odit malum : arrogantiam, et superbiam, et viam pravam, et os bilingue, detestor.
¹⁴ Meum est consilium et æquitas ; mea est prudentia, mea est fortitudo.
¹⁵ Per me reges regnant, et legum conditores justa decernunt ;
¹⁶ per me principes imperant, et potentes decernunt justitiam.
¹⁷ Ego diligentes me diligo, et qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me.
¹⁸ Mecum sunt divitiæ et gloria, opes superbæ et justitia.
¹⁹ Melior est enim fructus meus auro et lapide pretioso, et genimina mea argento electo.
²⁰ In viis justitiæ ambulo, in medio semitarum judicii :
²¹ ut ditem diligentes me, et thesauros eorum repleam.]
²² [Dominus possedit me in initio viarum suarum antequam quidquam faceret a principio.
²³ Ab æterno ordinata sum, et ex antiquis antequam terra fieret.
²⁴ Nondum erant abyssi, et ego jam concepta eram : necdum fontes aquarum eruperant,
²⁵ necdum montes gravi mole constiterant : ante colles ego parturiebar.
²⁶ Adhuc terram non fecerat, et flumina, et cardines orbis terræ.
²⁷ Quando præparabat cælos, aderam ; quando certa lege et gyro vallabat abyssos ;
²⁸ quando æthera firmabat sursum, et librabat fontes aquarum ;
²⁹ quando circumdabat mari terminum suum, et legem ponebat aquis, ne transirent fines suos ; quando appendebat fundamenta terræ :
³⁰ cum eo eram, cuncta componens. Et delectabar per singulos dies, ludens coram eo omni tempore,
³¹ ludens in orbe terrarum ; et deliciæ meæ esse cum filiis hominum.
³² Nunc ergo, filii, audite me : beati qui custodiunt vias meas.
³³ Audite disciplinam, et estote sapientes, et nolite abjicere eam.
³⁴ Beatus homo qui audit me, et qui vigilat ad fores meas quotidie, et observat ad postes ostii mei.
³⁵ Qui me invenerit, inveniet vitam, et hauriet salutem a Domino.
³⁶ Qui autem in me peccaverit, lædet animam suam ; omnes qui me oderunt diligunt mortem.]