Proverbs · Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 4 Young's Literal Translation
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
1 OID, hijos, la doctrina de un padre, y estad atentos para que conozcáis cordura.
2 For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
2 Porque os doy buena enseñanza; no desamparéis mi ley.
3 For, a son I have been to my father — tender, And an only one before my mother.
3 Porque yo fuí hijo de mi padre, delicado y único delante de mi madre.
4 And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
4 Y él me enseñaba, y me decía: Mantenga tu corazón mis razones, guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás:
5 Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
5 Adquiere sabiduría, adquiere inteligencia; no te olvides ni te apartes de las razones de mi boca;
6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
6 No la dejes, y ella te guardará; ámala, y te conservará.
7 The first thing [is] wisdom — get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
7 Sabiduría ante todo: adquiere sabiduría: y ante toda tu posesión adquiere inteligencia.
8 Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
8 Engrandécela, y ella te engrandecerá: ella te honrará, cuando tú la hubieres abrazado.
9 She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
9 Adorno de gracia dará á tu cabeza: corona de hermosura te entregará.
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life [are] multiplied to thee.
10 Oye, hijo mío, y recibe mis razones; y se te multiplicarán años de vida.
11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
11 Por el camino de la sabiduría te he encaminado, y por veredas derechas te he hecho andar.
12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
12 Cuando anduvieres no se estrecharán tus pasos; y si corrieres, no tropezarás.
13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she [is] thy life.
13 Ten el consejo, no lo dejes; guárdalo, porque eso es tu vida.
14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
14 No entres por la vereda de los impíos, ni vayas por el camino de los malos.
15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
15 Desampárala, no pases por ella; apártate de ella, pasa.
16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.
16 Porque no duermen ellos, si no hicieren mal; y pierden su sueño, si no han hecho caer.
17 For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de robos.
18 And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
18 Mas la senda de los justos es como la luz de la aurora, que va en aumento hasta que el día es perfecto.
19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad: no saben en qué tropiezan.
20 My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
20 Hijo mío, está atento á mis palabras; inclina tu oído á mis razones.
21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
21 No se aparten de tus ojos; guárdalas en medio de tu corazón.
22 For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
22 Porque son vida á los que las hallan, y medicina á toda su carne.
23 Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
23 Sobre toda cosa guardada guarda tu corazón; porque de él mana la vida.
24 Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
24 Aparta de ti la perversidad de la boca, y aleja de ti la iniquidad de labios.
25 Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, y tus párpados en derechura delante de ti.
26 Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.
26 Examina la senda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean ordenados.
27 Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
27 No te apartes á diestra, ni á siniestra: aparta tu pie del mal.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 2:1; Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 2:1–5; 1 Thessalonians 2:11–12
- 2 1 Timothy 4:6; Titus 1:9; Psalm 89:30–32; Proverbs 8:6–9; Deuteronomy 32:2
- 3 1 Chronicles 22:5; Romans 12:16; 1 Chronicles 29:1; Zechariah 12:10; 1 Chronicles 3:5
- 4 Proverbs 3:1; Ephesians 6:4; John 12:50; Proverbs 7:2; 1 Chronicles 28:9
- 5 James 1:5; Proverbs 3:13–18; Proverbs 1:22–23; 2 Chronicles 34:2; Psalm 44:18
- 6 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Proverbs 4:21–22; Ephesians 3:17; Proverbs 2:10–12
- 7 Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclesiastes 9:16–18; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 16:16; Philippians 3:8
- 8 Daniel 12:3; 1 Samuel 2:30; Proverbs 3:35; 1 Kings 3:5–13; Proverbs 22:4
- 9 Proverbs 1:9; 1 Peter 5:4; Hebrews 2:7–9; Proverbs 16:31; Isaiah 28:5
- 10 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Proverbs 3:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Jeremiah 9:20; Proverbs 3:16
- 11 Psalm 25:4–5; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 8:6; 1 Samuel 12:23–24
- 12 Proverbs 3:23; Psalm 18:36; 2 Samuel 22:37; 1 Peter 2:8; John 11:9–10
- 13 Proverbs 3:18; Hebrews 2:1; Proverbs 23:23; Deuteronomy 32:47; Acts 2:42
- 14 Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 13:20
- 15 Ephesians 5:11; Job 22:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Exodus 23:7; Job 11:14
- 16 Psalm 36:4; Micah 2:1; Isaiah 57:20; 2 Peter 2:14; Proverbs 1:16
- 17 Micah 6:12; Proverbs 9:17; Proverbs 20:17; Psalm 14:4; James 5:4–5
- 18 John 8:12; Job 11:17; Daniel 12:3; Philippians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 3:18
- 19 John 12:35; Isaiah 59:9–10; Jeremiah 23:12; Job 18:5–6; 1 Samuel 2:9
- 20 Proverbs 5:1; Isaiah 55:3; Proverbs 6:20–21; Proverbs 7:1; Psalm 78:1
- 21 Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:1–2; Psalm 40:8; Proverbs 2:1
- 22 Jeremiah 33:6; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 4:10; Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 4:4
- 23 Luke 6:45; Matthew 12:34–35; Mark 7:21–23; Psalm 139:23–24; Proverbs 13:3
- 24 Proverbs 8:8; James 1:26; Proverbs 8:13; Ephesians 4:25–31; 1 Peter 2:1
- 25 Psalm 119:37; Matthew 6:22; Job 31:1; Proverbs 23:33; Proverbs 23:5
- 26 Hebrews 12:13; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 119:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Haggai 1:5
- 27 Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 28:14; Proverbs 16:17; Deuteronomy 12:32
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
It is not an enemy, O man, that assails thee from without, but an evil shoot growing up out of thyself. Look right on with thine eyes, and there is no lust.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)