| KJV | BBE | KRV |
| 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. | 1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge: | 1 아들들아 아비의 훈계를 들으며 명철을 얻기에 주의하라 |
| 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. | 2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me. | 2 내가 선한 도리를 너희에게 전하노니 내 법을 떠나지 말라 |
| 3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. | 3 For I was a son to my father, a gentle and an only one to my mother. | 3 나도 내 아버지에게 아들이었었으며 내 어머니 보기에 유약한 외아들이었었노라 |
| 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. | 4 And he gave me teaching, saying to me, Keep my words in your heart; keep my rules so that you may have life: | 4 아버지가 내게 가르쳐 이르기를 내 말을 네 마음에 두라 내 명령을 지키라 그리하면 살리라 |
| 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. | 5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth. | 5 지혜를 얻으며 명철을 얻으라 내 입의 말을 잊지 말며 어기지 말라 |
| 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. | 6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe. | 6 지혜를 버리지 말라 그가 너를 보호하리라 그를 사랑하라 그가 너를 지키리라 |
| 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. | 7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge. | 7 지혜가 제일이니 지혜를 얻으라 무릇 너의 얻은 것을 가져 명철을 얻을찌니라 |
| 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. | 8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love. | 8 그를 높이라 그리하면 그가 너를 높이 들리라 만일 그를 품으면 그가 너를 영화롭게 하리라 |
| 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. | 9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory. | 9 그가 아름다운 관을 네 머리에 두겠고 영화로운 면류관을 네게 주리라 하였느니라 |
| 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. | 10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours. | 10 내 아들아 들으라 내 말을 받으라 그리하면 네 생명의 해가 길리라 |
| 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. | 11 I have given you teaching in the way of wisdom, guiding your steps in the straight way. | 11 내가 지혜로운 길로 네게 가르쳤으며 정직한 첩경으로 너를 인도하였은즉 |
| 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. | 12 When you go, your way will not be narrow, and in running you will not have a fall. | 12 다닐 때에 네 걸음이 곤란하지 아니하겠고 달려갈 때에 실족하지 아니하리라 |
| 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. | 13 Take learning in your hands, do not let her go: keep her, for she is your life. | 13 훈계를 굳게 잡아 놓치지 말고 지키라 이것이 네 생명이니라 |
| 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. | 14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men. | 14 사특한 자의 첩경에 들어가지 말며 악인의 길로 다니지 말찌어다 |
| 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. | 15 Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way. | 15 그 길을 피하고 지나가지 말며 돌이켜 떠나갈찌어다 |
| 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. | 16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall. | 16 그들은 악을 행하지 못하면 자지 못하며 사람을 넘어뜨리지 못하면 잠이 오지 아니하며 |
| 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. | 17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink. | 17 불의의 떡을 먹으며 강포의 술을 마심이니라 |
| 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. | 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day. | 18 의인의 길은 돋는 햇볕 같아서 점점 빛나서 원만한 광명에 이르거니와 |
| 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. | 19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall. | 19 악인의 길은 어둠 같아서 그가 거쳐 넘어져도 그것이 무엇인지 깨닫지 못하느니라 |
| 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. | 20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings. | 20 내 아들아 내 말에 주의하며 나의 이르는 것에 네 귀를 기울이라 |
| 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. | 21 Let them not go from your eyes; keep them deep in your heart. | 21 그것을 네 눈에서 떠나게 말며 네 마음 속에 지키라 |
| 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. | 22 For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh. | 22 그것은 얻는 자에게 생명이 되며 그 온 육체의 건강이 됨이니라 |
| 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. | 23 And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life. | 23 무릇 지킬만한 것보다 더욱 네 마음을 지키라 생명의 근원이 이에서 남이니라 |
| 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. | 24 Put away from you an evil tongue, and let false lips be far from you. | 24 궤휼을 네 입에서 버리며 사곡을 네 입술에서 멀리하라 |
| 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. | 25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you. | 25 네 눈은 바로 보며 네 눈꺼풀은 네 앞을 곧게 살펴 |
| 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. | 26 Keep a watch on your behaviour; let all your ways be rightly ordered. | 26 네 발의 행할 첩경을 평탄케 하며 네 모든 길을 든든히 하라 |
| 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. | 27 Let there be no turning to the right or to the left, keep your feet from evil. | 27 우편으로나 좌편으로나 치우치지 말고 네 발을 악에서 떠나게 하라 |