Proverbs · Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 2 Young's Literal Translation
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1 My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,
1 HIJO mío, si tomares mis palabras, y mis mandamientos guardares dentro de ti,
2 To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,
2 Haciendo estar atento tu oído á la sabiduría; [si] inclinares tu corazón á la prudencia;
3 For, if for intelligence thou callest, For understanding givest forth thy voice,
3 Si clamares á la inteligencia, y á la prudencia dieres tu voz;
4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
4 Si como á la plata la buscares, y la escudriñares como á tesoros;
5 Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
5 Entonces entenderás el temor de Jehová, y hallarás el conocimiento de Dios.
6 For Jehovah giveth wisdom, From His mouth knowledge and understanding.
6 Porque Jehová da la sabiduría, y de su boca [viene] el conocimiento y la inteligencia.
7 Even to lay up for the upright substance, A shield for those walking uprightly.
7 El provee de sólida sabiduría á los rectos: [es] escudo á los que caminan rectamente.
8 To keep the paths of judgment, And the way of His saints He preserveth.
8 [Es] el que guarda las veredas del juicio, y preserva el camino de sus santos.
9 Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness — every good path.
9 Entonces entenderás justicia, juicio, y equidad, y todo buen camino.
10 For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
10 Cuando la sabiduría entrare en tu corazón, y la ciencia fuere dulce á tu alma,
11 Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
11 El consejo te guardará, te preservará la inteligencia:
12 To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
12 Para librarte del mal camino, de los hombres que hablan perversidades;
13 Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
13 Que dejan las veredas derechas, por andar en caminos tenebrosos;
14 Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
14 Que se alegran haciendo mal, que se huelgan en las perversidades del vicio;
15 Whose paths [are] crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.
15 Cuyas veredas son torcidas, y torcidos sus caminos.
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
16 Para librarte de la mujer extraña, de la ajena que halaga con sus palabras;
17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
17 Que desampara el príncipe de su mocedad, y se olvida del pacto de su Dios.
18 For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
18 Por lo cual su casa está inclinada á la muerte, y sus veredas hacia los muertos:
19 None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
19 Todos los que á ella entraren, no volverán, ni tomarán las veredas de la vida.
20 That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.
20 Para que andes por el camino de los buenos, y guardes las veredas de los justos.
21 For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it,
21 Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los perfectos permanecerán en ella;
22 And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!
22 Mas los impíos serán cortados de la tierra, y los prevaricadores serán de ella desarraigados.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
- 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
- 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
- 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
- 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
- 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
- 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
- 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
- 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
- 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
- 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
- 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
- 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
- 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30
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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).
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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).
For in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)