--- title: Proverbs 9 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Proverbs chapter 9 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/) / chapter 9 # Proverbs 9 18 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.1/) — חָכְמוֹת בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ חָצְבָה עַמּוּדֶיהָ שִׁבְעָֽה׃ — Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; - [9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.2/) — טָבְחָה טִבְחָהּ מָסְכָה יֵינָהּ אַף עָֽרְכָה שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ׃ — She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. - [9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.3/) — שָֽׁלְחָה נַעֲרֹתֶיהָ תִקְרָא עַל־גַּפֵּי מְרֹמֵי קָֽרֶת׃ — She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city: - [9:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.4/) — מִי־פֶתִי יָסֻר הֵנָּה חֲסַר־לֵב אָמְרָה לּֽוֹ׃ — 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him: - [9:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.5/) — לְכוּ לַחֲמוּ בְֽלַחֲמִי וּשְׁתוּ בְּיַיִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃ — 'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. - [9:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.6/) — עִזְבוּ פְתָאיִם וִֽחְיוּ וְאִשְׁרוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃ — Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding. - [9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.7/) — יֹסֵר ׀ לֵץ לֹקֵחַֽ לוֹ קָלוֹן וּמוֹכִיחַ לְרָשָׁע מוּמֽוֹ׃ — He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot. - [9:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.8/) — אַל־תּוֹכַח לֵץ פֶּן־יִשְׂנָאֶךָּ הוֹכַח לְחָכָם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃ — Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. - [9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.9/) — תֵּן לְחָכָם וְיֶחְכַּם־עוֹד הוֹדַע לְצַדִּיק וְיוֹסֶף לֶֽקַח׃פ — Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. - [9:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.10/) — תְּחִלַּת חָכְמָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה וְדַעַת קְדֹשִׁים בִּינָֽה׃ — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding. - [9:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.11/) — כִּי־בִי יִרְבּוּ יָמֶיךָ וְיוֹסִיפוּ לְּךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּֽים׃ — For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. - [9:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.12/) — אִם־חָכַמְתָּ חָכַמְתָּ לָּךְ וְלַצְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ תִשָּֽׂא׃ — If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.' - [9:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.13/) — אֵשֶׁת כְּסִילוּת הֹֽמִיָּה פְּתַיּוּת וּבַל־יָדְעָה מָּֽה׃ — The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing. - [9:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.14/) — וְֽיָשְׁבָה לְפֶתַח בֵּיתָהּ עַל־כִּסֵּא מְרֹמֵי קָֽרֶת׃ — And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, - [9:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.15/) — לִקְרֹא לְעֹֽבְרֵי־דָרֶךְ הַֽמְיַשְּׁרִים אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃ — To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways: - [9:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.16/) — מִי־פֶתִי יָסֻר הֵנָּה וַחֲסַר־לֵב וְאָמְרָה לּֽוֹ׃ — 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him: - [9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.17/) — מַֽיִם־גְּנוּבִים יִמְתָּקוּ וְלֶחֶם סְתָרִים יִנְעָֽם׃ — 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.' - [9:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.18/) — וְֽלֹא־יָדַע כִּֽי־רְפָאִים שָׁם בְּעִמְקֵי שְׁאוֹל קְרֻאֶֽיהָ׃פ — But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world. - ← previous: [Proverbs 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/8/) - next →: [Proverbs 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/10/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/)