9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
9:1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;

9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
9:2 She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.

9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
9:3 She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,

9:4 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
9:4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

9:5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
9:5 "Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.

9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
9:6 Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.

9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
9:7 "He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.

9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9:8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

9:9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

9:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
9:10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone."

9:13 A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.

9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
9:14 For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,

9:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
9:15 To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:

9:16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
9:16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
9:17 "Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
9:18 But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of hell.