Proverbs 7 Darby Translation
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1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
1 HIJO mío, guarda mis razones, y encierra contigo mis mandamientos.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
2 Guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás; y mi ley como las niñas de tus ojos.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
3 Lígalos á tus dedos; escríbelos en la tabla de tu corazón.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
4 Di á la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana; y á la inteligencia llama parienta:
5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words.
5 Para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, y de la extraña que ablanda sus palabras.
6 For at the window of my house, I looked forth through my lattice,
6 Porque mirando yo por la ventana de mi casa, por mi celosía,
7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
7 Vi entre los simples, consideré entre los jóvenes, un mancebo falto de entendimiento,
8 passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
8 El cual pasaba por la calle, junto á la esquina de aquella, é iba camino de su casa,
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
9 A la tarde del día, ya que oscurecía, en la oscuridad y tiniebla de la noche.
10 And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
10 Y he aquí, una mujer que le sale al encuentro con atavío de ramera, astuta de corazón,
11 She is clamorous and unmanageable; her feet abide not in her house:
11 Alborotadora y rencillosa, sus pies no pueden estar en casa;
12 now without, now in the broadways, — and she lieth in wait at every corner.
12 Unas veces de fuera, ó bien por las plazas, acechando por todas las esquinas.
13 And she caught him and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
13 Y traba de él, y bésalo; desvergonzó su rostro, y díjole:
14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows:
14 Sacrificios de paz había prometido, hoy he pagado mis votos;
15 therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.
15 Por tanto he salido á encontrarte, buscando diligentemente tu rostro, y te he hallado.
16 I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;
16 Con paramentos he ataviado mi cama, recamados con cordoncillo de Egipto.
17 I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
17 He sahumado mi cámara con mirra, áloes, y cinamomo.
18 Come, let us revel in love until the morning, let us delight ourselves with loves.
18 Ven, embriaguémonos de amores hasta la mañana; alegrémonos en amores.
19 For the husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey;
19 Porque el marido no está en casa, hase ido á un largo viaje:
20 he hath taken the money-bag with him, he will come home on the day of the full moon.
20 El saco de dinero llevó en su mano; el día señalado volverá á su casa.
21 With her much enticement she beguiled him; with the smoothness of her lips she constrained him.
21 Rindiólo con la mucha suavidad de sus palabras, obligóle con la blandura de sus labios.
22 He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks [serve] for the correction of the fool;
22 Vase en pos de ella luego, como va el buey al degolladero, y como el loco á las prisiones para ser castigado;
23 till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life.
23 Como el ave que se apresura al lazo, y no sabe que es contra su vida, hasta que la saeta traspasó su hígado.
24 And now, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
24 Ahora pues, hijos, oidme, y estad atentos á las razones de mi boca.
25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
25 No se aparte á sus caminos tu corazón; no yerres en sus veredas.
26 for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
26 Porque á muchos ha hecho caer heridos; y aun los más fuertes han sido muertos por ella.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
27 Caminos del sepulcro son su casa, que descienden á las cámaras de la muerte.
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
- 2 Psalm 17:8; Leviticus 18:5; Proverbs 4:4; 1 John 2:3–4; John 14:21
- 3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20; Proverbs 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8–9; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 4 Proverbs 2:2–4; Proverbs 4:6–8; Job 17:14; Song of Songs 8:1; Matthew 12:49–50
- 5 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 5:3
- 6 Genesis 26:8; Judges 5:28; 2 Samuel 6:16
- 7 Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 9:4; Matthew 15:16
- 8 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 5:8; Proverbs 4:14–15; Jude 23
- 9 Romans 13:12–14; Job 24:13–15; Genesis 39:11; Ephesians 5:11; Exodus 12:6
- 10 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 3:16–24; 1 Timothy 2:9; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30
- 11 Proverbs 9:13; Titus 2:5; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 25:24
- 12 Proverbs 23:28; Proverbs 9:14; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 2:36
- 13 Numbers 25:6–8; Genesis 39:12; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 2:4; Proverbs 21:29
- 14 Proverbs 21:27; Leviticus 7:11; Proverbs 17:1; John 18:28; Proverbs 15:8
- 16 Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 2:22; Proverbs 31:22; 1 Kings 10:28
- 17 Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 57:7–9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 3:6
- 19 Matthew 20:11; Luke 12:45–46; Mark 13:34–36; Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:48
- 20 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 21 Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Psalm 12:2
- 22 Job 13:27; Acts 16:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 14:13
- 23 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 1:17; Numbers 25:8–9
- 24 Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 4:1; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 8:32–33; Galatians 4:19
- 25 Proverbs 5:8; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:176
- 26 Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Proverbs 6:33; 1 Kings 11:1–2
- 27 Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:26
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Take heed then, brethren, and hold fast the traditions which ye now receive, and write them an the table of your heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)