Proverbs 9

Proverbs 9 contrasts **Lady Wisdom**, who builds her house with seven pillars, prepares a feast, and invites the simple to partake and walk in understanding, with **Woman Folly**, who seductively calls the naive to her house offering stolen pleasures leading to death in Sheol.[1][2][3] It teaches that the fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom, wise ones welcome correction while scoffers reject it, and personal choices yield personal consequences.[1][3]

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Verse 1

Wisdom wisdoms of wisdoms has built you built has built her house her house her house has hewn she has hewn she has hewn her pillars her standing-pillars her standing-pillars seven seven seven

חָ֭כְמוֹת 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤅𐤕 chakhemot Wisdom wisdoms of wisdoms HNcfpa בָּנְתָ֣ה 𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤄 banetah akha (Zulu) has built you built has built HVqp3fs בֵיתָ֑/הּ 𐤁𐤉𐤕/𐤄 veytah her house her house her house HNcmsc/Sp3fs חָצְבָ֖ה 𐤇𐤑𐤁𐤄 chatsevah has hewn she has hewn she has hewn HVqp3fs עַמּוּדֶ֣י/הָ 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤃𐤉/𐤄 amudeyha her pillars her standing-pillars her standing-pillars HNcmpc/Sp3fs שִׁבְעָֽה 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤄 shiveah seven seven seven HAcmsa

Verse 2

she has slaughtered she slaughtered she has slaughtered her meat slaughtering her slaughtered meat she has mixed cast-metal image she has mixed her wine her wine her wine also indeed also she has set she arranged she has set in order her table her extended table her table

טָבְחָ֣ה 𐤈𐤁𐤇𐤄 tavechah she has slaughtered she slaughtered she has slaughtered HVqp3fs טִ֭בְחָ/הּ 𐤈𐤁𐤇/𐤄 tivechah tuba (Kikongo) her meat slaughtering her slaughtered meat HNcmsc/Sp3fs מָסְכָ֣ה 𐤌𐤎𐤊𐤄 masekhah she has mixed cast-metal image she has mixed HVqp3fs יֵינָ֑/הּ 𐤉𐤉𐤍/𐤄 yeynah ubumayi (Bemba) her wine her wine her wine HNcmsc/Sp3fs אַ֝֗ף 𐤀𐤐 af also indeed also HTa עָֽרְכָ֥ה 𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤄 arekhah she has set she arranged she has set in order HVqp3fs שֻׁלְחָנָֽ/הּ 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤍/𐤄 shulechanah her table her extended table her table HNcmsc/Sp3fs

Verse 3

She has sent out she sent she sent her maidens her young women her young women she calls you will call she calls upon upon upon tops of backs of tops of the heights of heights of heights of the city gathering city the city

שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה 𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤄 shalechah She has sent out she sent she sent HVqp3fs נַעֲרֹתֶ֣י/הָ 𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤕𐤉/𐤄 naaroteyha her maidens her young women her young women HNcfpc/Sp3fs תִקְרָ֑א 𐤕𐤒𐤓𐤀 tiqera she calls you will call she calls HVqi3fs עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon upon HR גַּ֝פֵּ֗י 𐤂𐤐𐤉 gapey tops of backs of tops of HNcmpc מְרֹ֣מֵי 𐤌𐤓𐤌𐤉 meromey the heights of heights of heights of HNcmpc קָֽרֶת 𐤒𐤓𐤕 qaret the city gathering city the city HNcfsa

Verse 4

Whoever who? whoever is simple naïve one naïve one let him turn he will turn aside let him turn aside here to here to here lacking lacking of lacking understanding inner core of heart she says she said she said to him — to him

מִי 𐤌𐤉 mi Whoever who? whoever HTi פֶ֭תִי 𐤐𐤕𐤉 feti is simple naïve one naïve one HNcmsa יָסֻ֣ר 𐤉𐤎𐤓 yasur let him turn he will turn aside let him turn aside HVqj3ms הֵ֑נָּה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 henah here to here to here HD חֲסַר 𐤇𐤎𐤓 chasar kosa (Kikongo) lacking lacking of lacking HAamsc לֵ֝֗ב 𐤋𐤁 lev understanding inner core of heart HNcmsa אָ֣מְרָה 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤄 amerah she says she said she said HVqp3fs לּֽ/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo to him to him HR/Sp3ms

Verse 5

Come Go Come eat they waged war eat of my bread with my bread of my bread and drink And drink! And drink! of the wine in wine of the wine I have mixed I mixed I have mixed

לְ֭כוּ 𐤋𐤊𐤅 lekhu Come Go Come HVqv2mp לַחֲמ֣וּ 𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 lachamu eat they waged war eat HVqv2mp בְֽ/לַחֲמִ֑/י 𐤁/𐤋𐤇𐤌/𐤉 velachami of my bread with my bread of my bread HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cs וּ֝/שְׁת֗וּ 𐤅/𐤔𐤕𐤅 ushetu and drink And drink! And drink! HC/Vqv2mp בְּ/יַ֣יִן 𐤁/𐤉𐤉𐤍 beyayin ubumayi (Bemba) of the wine in wine of the wine HR/Ncmsa מָסָֽכְתִּי 𐤌𐤎𐤊𐤕𐤉 masakheti I have mixed I mixed I have mixed HVqp1cs

Verse 6

Forsake Abandon! Abandon the foolish naive ones naive ones and live and live, you all! and live, you all! and proceed and they declared fortunate and proceed in the way in a path in a way of understanding discernment understanding

עִזְב֣וּ 𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤅 izevu Forsake Abandon! Abandon HVqv2mp פְתָאיִ֣ם 𐤐𐤕𐤀𐤉𐤌 fetayim the foolish naive ones naive ones HNcmpa וִֽ/חְי֑וּ 𐤅/𐤇𐤉𐤅 vicheyu and live and live, you all! and live, you all! HC/Vqv2mp וְ֝/אִשְׁר֗וּ 𐤅/𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤅 veisheru and proceed and they declared fortunate and proceed HC/Vqv2mp בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ 𐤁/𐤃𐤓𐤊 bederekhe in the way in a path in a way HR/Ncbsc בִּינָֽה 𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤄 binah of understanding discernment understanding HNcfsa

Verse 7

corrects one who disciplines one who disciplines a scoffer scorner scorner gets the one who takes the one who takes dishonor disgrace disgrace and rebukes and the one who reproves and the one who reproves a wicked man to a guilty man to a wicked man insults his blemish his blemish

יֹ֤סֵ֨ר 𐤉𐤎𐤓 yoser corrects one who disciplines one who disciplines HVqrmsa לֵ֗ץ 𐤋𐤑 lets a scoffer scorner scorner HAamsa לֹקֵ֣חַֽ 𐤋𐤒𐤇 loqecha gets the one who takes the one who takes HVqrmsa ל֣/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo HR/Sp3ms קָל֑וֹן 𐤒𐤋𐤅𐤍 qalon dishonor disgrace disgrace HNcmsa וּ/מוֹכִ֖יחַ 𐤅/𐤌𐤅𐤊𐤉𐤇 umokhicha and rebukes and the one who reproves and the one who reproves HC/Vhrmsa לְ/רָשָׁ֣ע 𐤋/𐤓𐤔𐤏 lerasha a wicked man to a guilty man to a wicked man HR/Aamsa מוּמֽ/וֹ 𐤌𐤅𐤌/𐤅 mumo insults his blemish his blemish HNcmsc/Sp3ms

Verse 8

do not upon / over do not reprove may you bring correction reprove a scoffer scorner a scorner lest lest lest he hate you he will hate you he hate you reprove bring correction reprove a wise man to a wise man to a wise man and he will love you he will love you and he will love you

אַל 𐤀𐤋 al do not upon / over do not HTn תּ֣וֹכַח 𐤕𐤅𐤊𐤇 tokhach reprove may you bring correction reprove HVhj2ms לֵ֭ץ 𐤋𐤑 lets a scoffer scorner a scorner HAamsa פֶּן 𐤐𐤍 pen lest lest lest HC יִשְׂנָאֶ֑/ךָּ 𐤉𐤔𐤍𐤀/𐤊 yisenaekha he hate you he will hate you he hate you HVqi3ms/Sp2ms הוֹכַ֥ח 𐤄𐤅𐤊𐤇 hokhach reprove bring correction reprove HVhv2ms לְ֝/חָכָ֗ם 𐤋/𐤇𐤊𐤌 lechakham a wise man to a wise man to a wise man HR/Aamsa וְ/יֶאֱהָבֶֽ/ךָּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤄𐤁/𐤊 veyeehavekha hɔ̃ (Ewe (Gbe)) and he will love you he will love you and he will love you HC/Vqi3ms/Sp2ms

Verse 9

Give Give! Give! to a wise man to a wise man to a wise man and he will be wiser and he will act wisely and he will be wiser still still, again, further again Teach was made known make known a righteous man to a righteous man to a righteous man and he will increase and Yoseph and he will increase learning Take! Teach!

תֵּ֣ן 𐤕𐤍 ten Give Give! Give! HVqv2ms לְ֭/חָכָם 𐤋/𐤇𐤊𐤌 lechakham to a wise man to a wise man to a wise man HR/Aamsa וְ/יֶחְכַּם 𐤅/𐤉𐤇𐤊𐤌 veyechekam and he will be wiser and he will act wisely and he will be wiser HC/Vqi3ms ע֑וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od still still, again, further again HD הוֹדַ֥ע 𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤏 hoda Teach was made known make known HVhv2ms לְ֝/צַדִּ֗יק 𐤋/𐤑𐤃𐤉𐤒 letsadiq a righteous man to a righteous man to a righteous man HR/Aamsa וְ/י֣וֹסֶף 𐤅/𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 veyosef and he will increase and Yoseph and he will increase HC/Vhi3ms לֶֽקַח 𐤋𐤒𐤇 leqach learning Take! Teach! HNcmsa

Verse 10

beginning of beginning of beginning of wisdom wisdom wisdom fear of awe-of fear-of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh and-knowledge of knowledge-of knowledge of the Holy Ones set-apart ones holy ones understanding discernment understanding

תְּחִלַּ֣ת 𐤕𐤇𐤋𐤕 techilat beginning of beginning of beginning of HNcfsc חָ֭כְמָה 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤄 chakhemah wisdom wisdom wisdom HNcfsa יִרְאַ֣ת 𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤕 yireat fear of awe-of fear-of HNcfsc יְהוָ֑ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וְ/דַ֖עַת 𐤅/𐤃𐤏𐤕 vedaat and-knowledge of knowledge-of knowledge of HC/Ncfsc קְדֹשִׁ֣ים 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 qedoshim the Holy Ones set-apart ones holy ones HAampa בִּינָֽה 𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤄 binah understanding discernment understanding HNcfsa

Verse 11

For for/because for by me — by me will be multiplied they will multiply they will multiply your days your days your days and will be added and they will add and they will add to you — to you years years of years of of life lives livings

כִּי 𐤊𐤉 ki For for/because for HC בִ֭/י 𐤁/𐤉 vi by me by me HR/Sp1cs יִרְבּ֣וּ 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤅 yirebu will be multiplied they will multiply they will multiply HVqi3mp יָמֶ֑י/ךָ 𐤉𐤌𐤉/𐤊 yameykha your days your days your days HNcmpc/Sp2ms וְ/יוֹסִ֥יפוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤐𐤅 veyosifu and will be added and they will add and they will add HC/Vhi3mp לְּ֝/ךָ֗ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha to you to you HR/Sp2ms שְׁנ֣וֹת 𐤔𐤍𐤅𐤕 shenot years years of years of HNcfpc חַיִּֽים 𐤇𐤉𐤉𐤌 chayim hai (Swahili) of life lives livings HNcmpa

Verse 12

If if / whether if you are wise you acted wisely you are wise you are wise you acted wisely you are wise for yourself — for yourself and if you scoff and you mocked and you scorned alone by yourself alone to yourself apart you will bear you will lift you will lift

אִם 𐤀𐤌 im If if / whether if HC חָ֭כַמְתָּ 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤕 chakhameta you are wise you acted wisely you are wise HVqp2ms חָכַ֣מְתָּ 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤕 chakhameta-2 you are wise you acted wisely you are wise HVqp2ms לָּ֑/ךְ 𐤋/𐤊 lakhe for yourself for yourself HR/Sp2fs וְ֝/לַ֗צְתָּ 𐤅/𐤋𐤑𐤕 velatseta and if you scoff and you mocked and you scorned HC/Vqp2ms לְֽ/בַדְּ/ךָ֥ 𐤋/𐤁𐤃/𐤊 levadekha alone by yourself alone to yourself apart HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms תִשָּֽׂא 𐤕𐤔𐤀 tisa you will bear you will lift you will lift HVqi2ms

Verse 13

woman of woman of woman of folly foolishness foolishness is boisterous roaring one boisterous naive naïve susceptibility naïve susceptibility and not and not at all and not at all knows she knew she knew anything what? what?

אֵ֣שֶׁת 𐤀𐤔𐤕 eshet woman of woman of woman of HNcfsc כְּ֭סִילוּת 𐤊𐤎𐤉𐤋𐤅𐤕 kesilut folly foolishness foolishness HNcfsa הֹֽמִיָּ֑ה 𐤄𐤌𐤉𐤄 homiyah kuma (Kikongo) is boisterous roaring one boisterous HVqrfsa פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת 𐤐𐤕𐤉𐤅𐤕 petayut naive naïve susceptibility naïve susceptibility HNcfsa וּ/בַל 𐤅/𐤁𐤋 uval and not and not at all and not at all HC/Tn יָ֥דְעָה 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤄 yadeah knows she knew she knew HVqp3fs מָּֽה 𐤌𐤄 mah anything what? what? HTi

Verse 14

and she sits and she dwelt and she sits at the doorway to the opening of at the entrance of of her house her house her house on upon upon a seat throne of throne of at the heights heights of heights of of the city gathering city the city

וְֽ֭/יָשְׁבָה 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤄 veyashevah and she sits and she dwelt and she sits HC/Vqp3fs לְ/פֶ֣תַח 𐤋/𐤐𐤕𐤇 lefetach at the doorway to the opening of at the entrance of HR/Ncmsc בֵּיתָ֑/הּ 𐤁𐤉𐤕/𐤄 beytah of her house her house her house HNcmsc/Sp3fs עַל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon upon HR כִּ֝סֵּ֗א 𐤊𐤎𐤀 kise a seat throne of throne of HNcmsa מְרֹ֣מֵי 𐤌𐤓𐤌𐤉 meromey at the heights heights of heights of HNcmpc קָֽרֶת 𐤒𐤓𐤕 qaret of the city gathering city the city HNcfsa

Verse 15

to call to call out to call out to passersby to the crossing ones to the passersby way trodden path way who go straight the straightening ones the ones who make straight their paths their well-trodden paths their paths

לִ/קְרֹ֥א 𐤋/𐤒𐤓𐤀 liqero to call to call out to call out HR/Vqc לְ/עֹֽבְרֵי 𐤋/𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤉 leoverey to passersby to the crossing ones to the passersby HR/Vqrmpc דָ֑רֶךְ 𐤃𐤓𐤊 darekhe way trodden path way HNcbsa הַֽ֝/מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים 𐤄/𐤌𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 hameyasherim who go straight the straightening ones the ones who make straight HTd/Vprmpa אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽ/ם 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤕/𐤌 orechotam their paths their well-trodden paths their paths HNcbpc/Sp3mp

Verse 16

Whoever who? whoever is naive naïve one naïve one let him turn he will turn aside let him turn aside here to here to here and lacking and lacking-of and lacking of understanding inner core of understanding she says and she said and she said to him — to him

מִי 𐤌𐤉 mi Whoever who? whoever HTi פֶ֭תִי 𐤐𐤕𐤉 feti is naive naïve one naïve one HNcmsa יָסֻ֣ר 𐤉𐤎𐤓 yasur let him turn he will turn aside let him turn aside HVqj3ms הֵ֑נָּה 𐤄𐤍𐤄 henah here to here to here HD וַ/חֲסַר 𐤅/𐤇𐤎𐤓 vachasar kosa (Kikongo) and lacking and lacking-of and lacking of HC/Aamsc לֵ֝֗ב 𐤋𐤁 lev understanding inner core of understanding HNcmsa וְ/אָ֣מְרָה 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤄 veamerah she says and she said and she said HC/Vqq3fs לּֽ/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo to him to him HR/Sp3ms

Verse 17

waters waters waters stolen stolen ones stolen ones are sweet they will be sweet they will be sweet and bread bread and bread secret hiding places hiding places is pleasant he will be pleasant it will please

מַֽיִם 𐤌𐤉𐤌 mayim Amanzi (Zulu) waters waters waters HNcmpa גְּנוּבִ֥ים 𐤂𐤍𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤌 genuvim gan (Bambara) stolen stolen ones stolen ones HVqsmpa יִמְתָּ֑קוּ 𐤉𐤌𐤕𐤒𐤅 yimetaqu are sweet they will be sweet they will be sweet HVqi3mp וְ/לֶ֖חֶם 𐤅/𐤋𐤇𐤌 velechem and bread bread and bread HC/Ncbsc סְתָרִ֣ים 𐤎𐤕𐤓𐤉𐤌 setarim secret hiding places hiding places HNcmpa יִנְעָֽם 𐤉𐤍𐤏𐤌 yineam is pleasant he will be pleasant it will please HVqi3ms

Verse 18

but he does not and not and he does not know he knew know that for/because that the dead Rephaim giants Rephaim shades there in that place there in the depths of in depths of in the depths of Sheol the underworld Sheol her guests her summoned ones her guests

וְֽ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo but he does not and not and he does not HC/Tn יָ֭דַע 𐤉𐤃𐤏 yada know he knew know HVqp3ms כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki that for/because that HC רְפָאִ֣ים 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤉𐤌 refaim the dead Rephaim giants Rephaim shades HNcmpa שָׁ֑ם 𐤔𐤌 sham there in that place there HD בְּ/עִמְקֵ֖י 𐤁/𐤏𐤌𐤒𐤉 beimeqey in the depths of in depths of in the depths of HR/Ncmpc שְׁא֣וֹל 𐤔𐤀𐤅𐤋 sheol Sheol the underworld Sheol HNp קְרֻאֶֽי/הָ 𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤉/𐤄 qerueyha her guests her summoned ones her guests HVqsmpc/Sp3fs

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