Passage

Proverbs 8.8

Book: Proverbs · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"6. Hear, for I will speak excellent things; And the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7. For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips."

"8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them."

"9. They are all plain to him that understandeth, And right to them that find knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold." (Proverbs 8:6-10, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"6. Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things. 7. For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips."

"8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them."

"9. They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold." (Proverbs 8:6-10, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"6. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. 7. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. ^{an: Heb. the abomination of my lips}"

"8. All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. ^{froward: Heb. wreathed}"

"9. They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold." (Proverbs 8:6-10, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"6. Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness. 7. For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] wickedness."

"8. In righteousness [are] all the sayings of my mouth, Nothing in them is froward and perverse."

"9. All of them [are] plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge. 10. Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold." (Proverbs 8:6-10, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H6664 - tzedeq

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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