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1 ¿No está llamando la sabiduría? ¿No está alzando la voz la inteligencia?
1 Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
2 Está parada en lo más alto de las colinas, donde se cruzan los caminos.
2 On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
3 A un lado de las puertas que llevan a la ciudad, dice a gritos:
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
4 «A ustedes hombres, les hablo a todos ustedes; dirijo mis palabras a toda la humanidad.
4 “I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
5 Ustedes los necios e inexpertos, ¡adquieran sentido común y aprendan a ser prudentes!
5 You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
6 Escuchen las cosas importantes que tengo que decirles; mis labios hablarán cosas rectas.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
7 Mi boca hablará la verdad, porque mis labios detestan la mentira.
7 For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 Mis palabras son justas; no hay en ellas perversidad o cosa torcida.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 Mis palabras son claras para el que quiera entender; irreprochables para el que sea sabio.
9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
10 Elijan mi instrucción en lugar de la plata, y el conocimiento en lugar del oro puro».
10 Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 Porque la sabiduría vale mucho más que las piedras preciosas; nada se puede comparar con ella.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
12 Yo, la sabiduría, habito con el buen juicio, y sé dónde encontrar discernimiento y conocimiento.
12 “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
13 El que teme al Señor aborrece el mal; yo aborrezco el orgullo y la arrogancia, la mala conducta y el hablar perverso.
13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
14 Son míos el consejo y el sentido común; son míos el entendimiento y el poder.
14 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
15 Por mí reinan los reyes y los gobernantes dictan leyes justas.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 Por mí gobiernan los príncipes y los nobles dictan leyes justas.
16 By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
17 Amo al que me ama, y los que me buscan, sin duda me hallarán.
17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
18 Tengo riquezas, honra, bienes y prosperidad para repartir.
18 With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
19 Lo que yo doy es mejor que el oro más fino; mi salario es mejor que la plata refinada.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
20 Yo voy por el camino de la rectitud, por las sendas de la justicia.
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
21 A los que me aman los enriquezco y lleno sus arcas de tesoros.
21 that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
22 El Señor me creó antes que empezara su creación, antes que a ninguna de sus obras.
22 “Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
23 Me formó desde los primeros tiempos, al principio, antes que formara la tierra.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
24 Nací antes que fueran creados los grandes mares, antes que surgieran los manantiales de abundantes aguas,
24 When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 antes que los montes y las colinas fueran formados, yo ya había nacido,
25 Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
26 antes que Dios creara la tierra y sus campos y el polvo con el que hizo el mundo.
26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27 Yo estaba allí cuando Dios estableció la bóveda celeste y trazó el horizonte sobre las aguas.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
28 Yo estaba allí cuando estableció las nubes en los cielos y reforzó las fuentes en las profundidades de los mares.
28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
29 Yo estaba allí cuando Dios puso límite a los mares y les mandó no salirse de sus bordes,
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 yo estaba allí, a su lado. Yo era su continua alegría, disfrutaba estar siempre en su presencia;
30 then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
31 me alegraba en el mundo que el Señor creó; ¡me gozaba en la humanidad!
31 rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
32 Y ahora, hijos míos, escúchenme: dichosos los que van por mis caminos.
32 “Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Escuchen mi consejo, y sean sabios; no lo rechacen.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
34 ¡Dichoso el hombre que me escucha, que me espera día tras día atentamente a las puertas de mi casa!
34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
35 El que me encuentra, halla la vida y recibe la aprobación del Señor.
35 For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
36 Pero el que me rechaza, se hace daño a sí mismo; el que me aborrece ama 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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“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).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
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