| | Darby | King James | American std |
| 1 | La sagesse ne crie-t-elle pas, et l'intelligence ne fait-elle pas retentir sa voix? | Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? | Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? |
| 2 | Au sommet des hauteurs, sur le chemin, aux carrefours, elle se tient debout. | She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. | On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; |
| 3 | A côté des portes, à l'entrée de la ville, là où l'on passe pour entrer, elle crie: | She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. | Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: |
| 4 | A vous, hommes, je crie, et ma voix s'adresse aux fils des hommes! | Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. | Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. |
| 5 | Vous, simples, comprenez la prudence, et vous, sots, comprenez ce qu'est le sens. | O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. | O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. |
| 6 | Écoutez, car je dirai des choses excellentes, et l'ouverture de mes lèvres prononcera des choses droites; | Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. | Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. |
| 7 | car mon palais méditera la vérité, et la méchanceté sera une abomination pour mes lèvres. | For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. | For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. |
| 8 | Toutes les paroles de ma bouche sont selon la justice, il n'y a rien en elles de pervers ni de tortueux; | All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. | All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. |
| 9 | elles sont toutes claires pour celui qui a de l'intelligence, et droites pour ceux qui ont trouvé la connaissance. | They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. | They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. |
| 10 | Recevez mon instruction, et non pas de l'argent, et la connaissance plutôt que l'or fin choisi; | Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. | Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold. |
| 11 | car la sagesse est meilleure que les rubis, et rien de ce qui fait nos délices ne l'égale. | For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. | For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. |
| 12 | Moi, la sagesse, je demeure avec la prudence, et je trouve la connaissance qui vient de la réflexion. | I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. | I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion. |
| 13 | La crainte de l'Éternel, c'est de haïr le mal. Je hais l'orgueil et la hauteur, et la voie d'iniquité, et la bouche perverse. | The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. | The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate. |
| 14 | A moi le conseil et le savoir-faire; je suis l'intelligence; à moi la force. | Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. | Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might. |
| 15 | Par moi les rois règnent, et les princes statuent la justice. | By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. |
| 16 | Par moi les chefs dominent, et les nobles, tous les juges de la terre. | By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. | By me princes rule, And nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth. |
| 17 | J'aime ceux qui m'aiment; et ceux qui me recherchent me trouveront. | I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. | I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. |
| 18 | Avec moi sont les richesses et les honneurs, les biens éclatants et la justice. | Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. | Riches and honor are with me; [Yea], durable wealth and righteousness. |
| 19 | Mon fruit est meilleur que l'or fin, même que l'or pur; et mon revenu meilleur que l'argent choisi. | My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. | My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver. |
| 20 | Je marche dans le chemin de la justice, au milieu des sentiers de juste jugement, | I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: | I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice; |
| 21 | pour faire héritier les biens réels à ceux qui m'aiment, et pour remplir leurs trésors. | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance, And that I may fill their treasuries. |
| 22 | L'Éternel m'a possédée au commencement de sa voie, avant ses oeuvres d'ancienneté. | The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. | Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. |
| 23 | Dès l'éternité je fus établie, dès le commencement, dès avant les origines de la terre. | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Before the earth was. |
| 24 | Quand il n'y avait pas d'abîmes, j'ai été enfantée, quand il n'y avait pas de sources pleines d'eaux. | When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. | When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water. |
| 25 | Avant que les montagnes fussent établies sur leurs bases, avant les collines, j'ai été enfantée, | Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: | Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth; |
| 26 | lorsqu'il n'avait pas encore fait la terre et les campagnes, et le commencement de la poussière du monde. | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. |
| 27 | Quand il disposait les cieux, j'étais là; quand il ordonnait le cercle qui circonscrit la face de l'abîme, | When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: | When he established the heavens, I was there: When he set a circle upon the face of the deep, |
| 28 | quand il établissait les nuées en haut, quand il affermissait les sources des abîmes, | When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: | When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong, |
| 29 | quand il imposait son décret à la mer, afin que les eaux n'outrepassassent point son commandement, quand il décrétait les fondements de la terre: | When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: | When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth; |
| 30 | j'étais alors à côté de lui son nourrisson, j'étais ses délices tous les jours, toujours en joie devant lui, | Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; | Then I was by him, [as] a master workman; And I was daily [his] delight, Rejoicing always before him, |
| 31 | me réjouissant en la partie habitable de sa terre, et mes délices étaient dans les fils des hommes. | Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. | Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men. |
| 32 | Maintenant donc, fils, écoutez-moi: bienheureux ceux qui gardent mes voies! | Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. | Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me; For blessed are they that keep my ways. |
| 33 | Écoutez l'instruction, et soyez sages, et ne la rejetez point. | Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. | Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. |
| 34 | Bienheureux l'homme qui m'écoute, veillant à mes portes tous les jours, gardant les poteaux de mes entrées! | Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. | Blessed is the man that heareth me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. |
| 35 | Car celui qui m'a trouvée à trouvé la vie, et acquiert faveur de la part de l'Éternel; | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. | For whoso findeth me findeth life, And shall obtain favor of Jehovah. |
| 36 | mais celui qui pèche contre moi fait tort à son âme; tous ceux qui me haïssent aiment la mort. | But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. | But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death. |
