| | Darby | King James | American std |
| 1 | Mon fils, sois attentif à ma sagesse, incline ton oreille à mon intelligence, | My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: | My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: |
| 2 | garder les pensées réfléchies et pour que tes lèvres conservent la connaissance. | That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. | That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. |
| 3 | Car les lèvres de l'étrangère distillent du miel, et son palais est plus doux que l'huile; | For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: | For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: |
| 4 | mais à la fin elle est amère comme l'absinthe, aiguë comme une épée à deux tranchants. | But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. | But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| 5 | Ses pieds descendent à la mort, ses pas atteignent le shéol, | Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. | Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; |
| 6 | de sorte qu'elle ne pèse pas le sentier de la vie; ses voies sont errantes: elle n'a pas de connaissance. | Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. | So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not. |
| 7 | Et maintenant, mes fils, écoutez-moi, et ne vous détournez pas des paroles de ma bouche. | Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. | Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. |
| 8 | Éloigne ta voie d'auprès d'elle, et ne t'approche point de l'entrée de sa maison; | Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: | Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; |
| 9 | de peur que tu ne donnes ton honneur à d'autres, et tes années à l'homme cruel; | Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: | Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; |
| 10 | de peur que des étrangers ne se rassasient de ton bien, et que ton travail ne soit dans la maison d'un étranger; | Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; | Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, |
| 11 | et que tu ne gémisses à ta fin, quand ta chair et ton corps se consumeront; | And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, | And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, |
| 12 | et que tu ne dises: Comment ai-je haï l'instruction, et mon coeur a-t-il méprisé la répréhension? | And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; | And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; |
| 13 | Comment n'ai-je pas écouté la voix de ceux qui m'instruisaient, ni incliné mon oreille vers ceux qui m'enseignaient? | And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! | Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! |
| 14 | Peu s'en est fallu que je n'aie été dans toute sorte de mal, au milieu de la congrégation et de l'assemblée. | I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. | I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. |
| 15 | Bois des eaux de ta citerne, et de ce qui coule du milieu de ton puits. | Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. | Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. |
| 16 | Tes fontaines se répandront au dehors, des ruisseaux d'eau dans les places. | Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. | Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? |
| 17 | Qu'elles soient à toi seul, et non à des étrangers avec toi. | Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. | Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. |
| 18 | Que ta source soit bénie, et réjouis-toi de la femme de ta jeunesse, | Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. | Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. |
| 19 | biche des amours, et chevrette pleine de grâce; que ses seins t'enivrent en tout temps; sois continuellement épris de son amour. | Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. | [As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. |
| 20 | Et pourquoi, mon fils, serais-tu épris d'une étrangère, et embrasserais-tu le sein de l'étrangère? | And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? | For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? |
| 21 | Car les voies de l'homme sont devant les yeux de l'Éternel, et il pèse tous ses chemins. | For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. | For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths. |
| 22 | Le méchant, ses iniquités le saisiront, et il sera tenu par les cordes de son péché; | His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. | His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. |
| 23 | il mourra faute de discipline, et il s'égarera dans la grandeur de sa folie. | He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. | He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
