Proverbs 8 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 Doth not wisdom call, and understanding put forth her voice?
1 ¿NO clama la sabiduría, y da su voz la inteligencia?
1 Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
2 In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;
2 En los altos cabezos, junto al camino, á las encrucijadas de las veredas se para;
2 On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
3 En el lugar de las puertas, á la entrada de la ciudad, á la entrada de las puertas da voces:
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
4 'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
4 Oh hombres, á vosotros clamo; y mi voz es á los hijos de los hombres.
4 “I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
5 O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
5 Entended, simples, discreción; y vosotros, locos, entrad en cordura.
5 You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
6 Oid, porque hablaré cosas excelentes; y abriré mis labios para cosas rectas.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
7 For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
7 Porque mi boca hablará verdad, y la impiedad abominan mis labios.
7 For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness, there is nothing perverse or crooked in them.
8 En justicia son todas las razones de mi boca; no hay en ellas cosa perversa ni torcida.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
9 Todas ellas son rectas al que entiende, y razonables á los que han hallado sabiduría.
9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.
10 Recibid mi enseñanza, y no plata; y ciencia antes que el oro escogido.
10 Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
11 Porque mejor es la sabiduría que las piedras preciosas; y todas las cosas que se pueden desear, no son de comparar con ella.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
12 Yo, la sabiduría, habito con la discreción, y hallo la ciencia de los consejos.
12 “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
13 El temor de Jehová es aborrecer el mal; la soberbia y la arrogancia, y el mal camino y la boca perversa, aborrezco.
13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.
14 Conmigo está el consejo y el ser; yo soy la inteligencia; mía es la fortaleza.
14 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
15 Por mí reinan los reyes, y los príncipes determinan justicia.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
16 Por mí dominan los príncipes, y todos los gobernadores juzgan la tierra.
16 By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
17 I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
17 Yo amo á los que me aman; y me hallan los que madrugando me buscan.
17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, enduring riches and righteousness.
18 Las riquezas y la honra están conmigo; sólidas riquezas, y justicia.
18 With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.
19 Mejor es mi fruto que el oro, y que el oro refinado; y mi rédito [mejor] que la plata escogida.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
20 Por vereda de justicia guiaré, por en medio de sendas de juicio;
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.
21 Para hacer heredar á mis amigos el ser, y que yo hincha sus tesoros.
21 that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
22 The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.
22 Jehová me poseía en el principio de su camino, ya de antiguo, antes de sus obras.
22 “Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
23 Eternalmente tuve el principado, desde el principio, antes de la tierra.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
24 Antes de los abismos fuí engendrada; antes que fuesen las fuentes de las muchas aguas.
24 When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
25 Antes que los montes fuesen fundados, antes de los collados, era yo engendrada:
25 Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
26 While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
26 No había aún hecho la tierra, ni las campiñas, ni el principio del polvo del mundo.
26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27 When He established the heavens, I was there; when He set a circle upon the face of the deep,
27 Cuando formaba los cielos, allí estaba yo; cuando señalaba por compás la sobrefaz del abismo;
27 When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
28 When He made firm the skies above, when the fountains of the deep showed their might,
28 Cuando afirmaba los cielos arriba, cuando afirmaba las fuentes del abismo;
28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
29 When He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not transgress His commandment, when He appointed the foundations of the earth;
29 Cuando ponía á la mar su estatuto, y á las aguas, que no pasasen su mandamiento; cuando establecía los fundamentos de la tierra;
29 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him,
30 Con él estaba yo ordenándolo todo; y fuí [su] delicia todos los días, teniendo solaz delante de él en todo tiempo.
30 then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
31 Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.
31 Huélgome en la parte habitable de su tierra; y mis delicias son con los hijos de los hombres.
31 rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
32 Now therefore, ye children, hearken unto me; for happy are they that keep my ways.
32 Ahora pues, hijos, oidme; y bienaventurados los que guardaren mis caminos.
32 “Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
33 Atended el consejo, y sed sabios, y no lo menospreciéis.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
34 Happy is the man that hearkeneth to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
34 Bienaventurado el hombre que me oye, velando á mis puertas cada día, guardando los umbrales de mis entradas.
34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
35 Porque el que me hallare, hallará la vida, y alcanzará el favor de Jehová.
35 For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
36 But he that misseth me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death.'
36 Mas el que peca contra mí, defrauda su alma: todos los que me aborrecen, aman la muerte.
36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:20–21; Matthew 3:3; John 7:37; Proverbs 9:1–3; Acts 1:8
- 2 Proverbs 9:14; Proverbs 9:3
- 3 Job 29:7; Luke 14:21–23; Matthew 22:9; Acts 5:20; John 18:20
- 4 Matthew 11:15; Psalm 50:1; John 3:16; Psalm 49:1–3; Revelation 22:17
- 5 Proverbs 1:22; Acts 26:18; Proverbs 9:4; Revelation 3:17–18; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
- 6 Colossians 1:26; Matthew 7:28–29; Matthew 13:35; Proverbs 4:2; Proverbs 23:16
- 7 Psalm 37:30; John 8:14; John 17:17; Proverbs 12:22; Job 36:4
- 8 John 7:46; Proverbs 8:13; Psalm 12:6; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 45:23
- 9 Proverbs 14:6; James 1:5; John 7:17; Psalm 25:12–14; John 6:45
- 10 Proverbs 2:4–5; Psalm 119:127; Psalm 119:72; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 3:13–15
- 11 Proverbs 3:14–15; Proverbs 4:5–7; Proverbs 16:16; Psalm 119:127; Psalm 19:10
- 12 Isaiah 28:26; Exodus 35:30–36:4; Exodus 31:3–6; Romans 11:33; Proverbs 1:4
- 13 Psalm 97:10; Proverbs 16:6; 1 Samuel 2:3; Proverbs 4:24; 1 Thessalonians 5:22
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Isaiah 9:6; Romans 11:33–34; Isaiah 40:14; Ecclesiastes 9:16–18
- 15 Romans 13:1; Daniel 2:21; Matthew 28:18; Revelation 19:16; Daniel 7:13–14
- 17 John 14:23; John 14:21; Psalm 91:14; Isaiah 55:6; 1 John 4:19
- 18 Proverbs 3:16; Matthew 6:33; Luke 16:11–12; Philippians 4:19; Ephesians 3:8
- 19 Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 10:20; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Proverbs 8:10
- 20 John 10:27–28; Psalm 32:8; Deuteronomy 5:32; Proverbs 4:11–12; Proverbs 6:22
- 21 1 Peter 1:4; Proverbs 24:4; Genesis 15:14; Matthew 25:46; Hebrews 10:34
- 22 Colossians 1:17; John 1:1–2; Proverbs 3:19; Psalm 104:24; Job 28:26–28
- 23 John 17:24; John 17:5; Genesis 1:26; Micah 5:2; Psalm 2:6
- 24 Proverbs 3:20; 1 John 4:9; Genesis 1:2; Hebrews 1:5; John 5:20
- 25 Psalm 90:2; Job 15:7–8; Job 38:4–11; Psalm 102:25–28; Hebrews 1:10
- 26 Genesis 1:1–31
- 27 Isaiah 40:22; Job 26:10; Proverbs 3:19; Psalm 136:5; Colossians 1:16
- 29 Psalm 104:9; Jeremiah 5:22; Genesis 1:9–10; Psalm 33:7; Psalm 104:5
- 30 John 1:1–3; John 1:18; Matthew 3:17; John 16:28; Isaiah 42:1
- 31 Psalm 16:3; John 13:1; Psalm 40:6–8; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 4:34
- 32 Luke 11:28; Psalm 119:1–2; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 1:1–4; Proverbs 5:7
- 33 Proverbs 4:1; Psalm 81:11–12; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 1:2–3
- 34 Matthew 7:24; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 3:13; Psalm 27:4; Acts 2:42
- 35 John 3:36; 1 John 5:11–12; Proverbs 12:2; Philippians 3:8; John 17:3
- 36 Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 1:31; John 15:23–24; 1 Corinthians 16:22; Proverbs 12:1
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“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).
… in His work: He set me up from everlasting, in the beginning, before He made the earth, before He established the depths, and before the fountains of waters gushed forth; before the mountains were made strong, and before all the hills, He brought me forth." And again: "When He prepared the heaven, I was with Him, and when He established …
"Who shall deliver him from the body of this death," but Thy grace only, "through Jesus Christ our Lord,'" whom Thou hast begotten co-eternal, and createdst in the beginning of Thy ways, in whom the Prince of this world found nothing worthy of death, yet killed he Him, and the handwriting which was contrary to us was blotted out?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
In their eyes the following is only too ready to hand "The Lord created me at the beginning of His ways with a view to His works." How shall we meet this?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
But others, though future, are put in the past tense, as, for instance, This is our God: Therefore He was seen upon the earth and dwelt among men, and The Lord created me in the beginning of His ways for His works, and Wherefore God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows, and such …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
I was He in whom He rejoiced, and throughout all time I was daily glad before His face, when He rejoiced at the completion of the world, and was delighted in the sons of men."