| | Louis Segond | King James | American std |
| 1 | La sagesse ne crie-t-elle pas ? L'intelligence n'élève-t-elle pas sa voix ? | Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? | Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? |
| 2 | C'est au sommet des hauteurs près de la route, C'est à la croisée des chemins qu'elle se place ; | 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, A l'intérieur des portes, elle fait entendre ses cris : | 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 | Hommes, c'est à vous que je crie, Et ma voix s'adresse aux fils de l'homme. | 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 | Stupides, apprenez le discernement ; Insensés, apprenez l'intelligence. | 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 j'ai de grandes choses à dire, Et mes lèvres s'ouvrent pour enseigner ce qui est droit. | 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 ma bouche proclame la vérité, Et mes lèvres ont en horreur le mensonge ; | 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 justes, Elles n'ont rien de faux ni de détourné ; | 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 | Toutes sont claires pour celui qui est intelligent, Et droites pour ceux qui ont trouvé la science. | 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 | Préférez mes instructions à l'argent, Et la science à l'or le plus précieux ; | 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 vaut mieux que les perles, Elle a plus de valeur que tous les objets de prix. | 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, j'ai pour demeure le discernement, Et je possède la science 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 la haine du mal ; L'arrogance et l'orgueil, la voie du mal, Et la bouche perverse, voilà ce que je hais. | 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 | Le conseil et le succès m'appartiennent ; Je suis l'intelligence, la force est à moi. | 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 ordonnent ce qui est juste ; | By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. | By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. |
| 16 | Par moi gouvernent les chefs, Les grands, 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 cherchent me trouvent. | 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 la richesse et la gloire, Les biens durables 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, que l'or pur, Et mon produit est préférable à l'argent. | 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 la droiture, | 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 donner des biens 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 créée la première de ses oeuvres, Avant ses oeuvres les plus anciennes. | 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 | J'ai été établie depuis l'éternité, Dès le commencement, avant l'origine 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 | Je fus enfantée quand il n'y avait point d'abîmes, Point de sources chargées 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 soient affermies, Avant que les collines existent, je fus 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 | Il n'avait encore fait ni la terre, ni les campagnes, Ni le premier atome 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 | Lorsqu'il disposa les cieux, j'étais là ; Lorsqu'il traça un cercle à la surface 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 | Lorsqu'il fixa les nuages en haut, Et que les sources de l'abîme jaillirent avec force, | 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 | Lorsqu'il donna une limite à la mer, Pour que les eaux n'en franchissent pas les bords, Lorsqu'il posa 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 à l'oeuvre auprès de lui, Et je faisais tous les jours ses délices, Jouant sans cesse en sa présence, | 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 | Jouant sur le globe de sa terre, Et trouvant mon bonheur parmi les fils de l'homme. | 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 | Et maintenant, mes fils, écoutez-moi, Et heureux ceux qui observent 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, pour devenir sages, Ne la rejetez pas. | Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. | Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not. |
| 34 | Heureux l'homme qui m'écoute, Qui veille chaque jour à mes portes, Et qui en garde les poteaux ! | 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 me trouve a trouvé la vie, Et il obtient la faveur 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 nuit 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. |
