# Proverbs 8 ## Proverbs 8:1 - [KJV] Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? - [ASV] Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? - [YLT] Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice? ### Notes on Proverbs 8:1 - ## Proverbs 8:2 - [KJV] She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. - [ASV] On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; - [YLT] At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:2 - ## Proverbs 8:3 - [KJV] She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. - [ASV] Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: - [YLT] At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:3 - ## Proverbs 8:4 - [KJV] Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice *is* to the sons of man. - [ASV] Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. - [YLT] 'Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice *is* unto the sons of men. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:4 - ## Proverbs 8:5 - [KJV] O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. - [ASV] O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. - [YLT] Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:5 - ## Proverbs 8:6 - [KJV] Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips *shall be* right things. - [ASV] Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. - [YLT] Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips *is* uprightness. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:6 - ## Proverbs 8:7 - [KJV] For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness *is* an abomination to my lips. - [ASV] For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. - [YLT] For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips *is* wickedness. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:7 - ## Proverbs 8:8 - [KJV] All the words of my mouth *are* in righteousness; *there is* nothing froward or perverse in them. - [ASV] All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. - [YLT] In righteousness *are* all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:8 - ## Proverbs 8:9 - [KJV] They *are* all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. - [ASV] They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. - [YLT] All of them *are* plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:9 - ## Proverbs 8:10 - [KJV] Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. - [ASV] Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. - [YLT] Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:10 - ## Proverbs 8:11 - [KJV] For wisdom *is* better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. - [ASV] For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. - [YLT] For better *is* wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:11 - ## Proverbs 8:12 - [KJV] I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. - [ASV] I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge *and* discretion. - [YLT] I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:12 - ## Proverbs 8:13 - [KJV] The fear of the LORD *is* to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. - [ASV] The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate. - [YLT] The fear of Jehovah *is* to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:13 - ## Proverbs 8:14 - [KJV] Counsel *is* mine, and sound wisdom: I *am* understanding; I have strength. - [ASV] Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. - [YLT] Mine *is* counsel and substance, I *am* understanding, I have might. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:14 - ## Proverbs 8:15 - [KJV] By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. - [ASV] By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. - [YLT] By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:15 - ## Proverbs 8:16 - [KJV] By me princes rule, and nobles, *even* all the judges of the earth. - [ASV] By me princes rule, And nobles, *even* all the judges of the earth. - [YLT] By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:16 - ## Proverbs 8:17 - [KJV] I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. - [ASV] I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. - [YLT] I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:17 - ## Proverbs 8:18 - [KJV] Riches and honour *are* with me; *yea*, durable riches and righteousness. - [ASV] Riches and honor are with me; *Yea*, durable wealth and righteousness. - [YLT] Wealth and honour *are* with me, Lasting substance and righteousness. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:18 - ## Proverbs 8:19 - [KJV] My fruit *is* better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. - [ASV] My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver. - [YLT] Better *is* my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:19 - ## Proverbs 8:20 - [KJV] I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: - [ASV] I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; - [YLT] In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:20 - ## Proverbs 8:21 - [KJV] That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. - [ASV] That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. - [YLT] To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:21 - ## Proverbs 8:22 - [KJV] The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. - [ASV] Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. - [YLT] Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:22 - ## Proverbs 8:23 - [KJV] I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. - [ASV] I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. - [YLT] From the age I was anointed, from the first, From former states of the earth. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:23 - ## Proverbs 8:24 - [KJV] When *there were* no depths, I was brought forth; when *there were* no fountains abounding with water. - [ASV] When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. - [YLT] In there being no depths, I was brought forth, In there being no fountains heavy *with* waters, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:24 - ## Proverbs 8:25 - [KJV] Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: - [ASV] Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; - [YLT] Before mountains were sunk, Before heights, I was brought forth. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:25 - ## Proverbs 8:26 - [KJV] While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. - [ASV] While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. - [YLT] While He had not made the earth, and out-places, And the top of the dusts of the world. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:26 - ## Proverbs 8:27 - [KJV] When he prepared the heavens, I *was* there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: - [ASV] When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, - [YLT] In His preparing the heavens I *am* there, In His decreeing a circle on the face of the deep, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:27 - ## Proverbs 8:28 - [KJV] When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: - [ASV] When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, - [YLT] In His strengthening clouds above, In His making strong fountains of the deep, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:28 - ## Proverbs 8:29 - [KJV] When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: - [ASV] When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; - [YLT] In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:29 - ## Proverbs 8:30 - [KJV] Then I was by him, *as* one brought up *with him*: and I was daily *his* delight, rejoicing always before him; - [ASV] Then I was by him, *as* a master workman; And I was daily *his* delight, Rejoicing always before him, - [YLT] Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight -- day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times, ### Notes on Proverbs 8:30 - ## Proverbs 8:31 - [KJV] Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights *were* with the sons of men. - [ASV] Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. - [YLT] Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights *are* with the sons of men. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:31 - ## Proverbs 8:32 - [KJV] Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed *are they that* keep my ways. - [ASV] Now therefore, *my* sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. - [YLT] And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:32 - ## Proverbs 8:33 - [KJV] Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. - [ASV] Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. - [YLT] Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:33 - ## Proverbs 8:34 - [KJV] Blessed *is* the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. - [ASV] Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. - [YLT] O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:34 - ## Proverbs 8:35 - [KJV] For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. - [ASV] For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. - [YLT] For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah. ### Notes on Proverbs 8:35 - ## Proverbs 8:36 - [KJV] But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. - [ASV] But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death. - [YLT] And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death! ### Notes on Proverbs 8:36 -