## Proverbs Chapter 8

###### Proverbs 8:1
[Proverbs 8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:1)

הֲלֹֽא־חׇכְמָ֥ה תִקְרָ֑א וּ֝תְבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Does not wisdom call? and understanding put forth her voice?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Does wisdom [(Torah)] not call out [(what follows [verse 4, etc.])] and [does] understanding not give forth its voice?


###### Proverbs 8:2
[Proverbs 8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:2)

בְּרֹאשׁ־מְרֹמִ֥ים עֲלֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ בֵּ֖ית נְתִיב֣וֹת נִצָּֽבָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She stands at the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Atop the heights, overlooking the many-pathed way, it stands.


###### Proverbs 8:3
[Proverbs 8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:3)

לְיַד־שְׁעָרִ֥ים לְפִי־קָ֑רֶת מְב֖וֹא פְתָחִ֣ים תָּרֹֽנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She cries out at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in of the doors.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Near the gateways, atop the dome [(of the gate, where people sit)], the doored entry-way, it shouts:


###### Proverbs 8:4
[Proverbs 8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:4)

אֲלֵיכֶ֣ם אִישִׁ֣ים אֶקְרָ֑א וְ֝קוֹלִ֗י אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To you, men, do I call, and I lift my voice to the sons of men.


###### Proverbs 8:5
[Proverbs 8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:5)

הָבִ֣ינוּ פְתָאיִ֣ם עׇרְמָ֑ה וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים הָבִ֥ינוּ לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O you simple, understand prudence: and, you fools, be of an understanding heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Simpletons, understand wisdom, and fools, make your hearts understand.


###### Proverbs 8:6
[Proverbs 8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:6)

שִׁ֭מְעוּ כִּֽי־נְגִידִ֣ים אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וּמִפְתַּ֥ח שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י מֵישָׁרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear; for I will speak excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be rectitude.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Give ear, for I will speak noble thoughts, and my mouth will open to just words.


###### Proverbs 8:7
[Proverbs 8:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:7)

כִּֽי־אֱ֭מֶת יֶהְגֶּ֣ה חִכִּ֑י וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת שְׂפָתַ֣י רֶֽשַׁע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my palate will utter truth, and evil is abominated by my lips.


###### Proverbs 8:8
[Proverbs 8:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:8)

בְּצֶ֥דֶק כׇּל־אִמְרֵי־פִ֑י אֵ֥ין בָּ֝הֶ֗ם נִפְתָּ֥ל וְעִקֵּֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All the words of my mouth are spoken in righteousness; they contain no twisting or perversion.


###### Proverbs 8:9
[Proverbs 8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:9)

כֻּלָּ֣ם נְ֭כֹחִים לַמֵּבִ֑ין וִ֝ישָׁרִ֗ים לְמֹ֣צְאֵי דָֽעַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are all plain to him that understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They are all correct to him who understands, and just to the finders of wisdom.


###### Proverbs 8:10
[Proverbs 8:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:10)

קְחֽוּ־מוּסָרִ֥י וְאַל־כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝דַ֗עַת מֵחָר֥וּץ נִבְחָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Take my mussar rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice fine gold.


###### Proverbs 8:11
[Proverbs 8:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:11)

כִּֽי־טוֹבָ֣ה חׇ֭כְמָה מִפְּנִינִ֑ים וְכׇל־חֲ֝פָצִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For wisdom is better than pearls, and all one's desires cannot compare to it [in worth].


###### Proverbs 8:12
[Proverbs 8:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:12)

אֲֽנִי־חׇ֭כְמָה שָׁכַ֣נְתִּי עׇרְמָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת אֶמְצָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find knowledge and discretion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I [Torah] am wisdom. I dwell [near] subtlety [(One who has learned Torah is subtle in all matters)]. I provide knowledge for thoughts [(to combat the evil inclination)].


###### Proverbs 8:13
[Proverbs 8:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:13)

יִ֥רְאַ֣ת יְהֹוָה֮ שְֽׂנֹ֫את־רָ֥ע גֵּ֘אָ֤ה וְגָא֨וֹן**׀** וְדֶ֣רֶךְ רָ֭ע וּפִ֨י תַהְפֻּכ֬וֹת שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the sly mouth I hate.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(the "mussar" [verse 4]):] The fear of the L-rd is hatred of evil — pride and haughtiness, the path of evil, and a mouth that speaks opposites [of what one thinks]. I hate [all of these].


###### Proverbs 8:14
[Proverbs 8:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:14)

לִֽי־עֵ֭צָה וְתוּשִׁיָּ֑ה אֲנִ֥י בִ֝ינָ֗ה לִ֣י גְבוּרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With me there is counsel [against the evil inclination] and weakening [of it]. I [give] understanding; with me is strength.


###### Proverbs 8:15
[Proverbs 8:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:15)

בִּ֭י מְלָכִ֣ים יִמְלֹ֑כוּ וְ֝רֹזְנִ֗ים יְחֹ֣קְקוּ צֶֽדֶק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Through me, kings will rule [(for I teach them the laws and the judgments)], and princes will legislate righteously.


###### Proverbs 8:16
[Proverbs 8:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:16)

בִּ֭י שָׂרִ֣ים יָשֹׂ֑רוּ וּ֝נְדִיבִ֗ים כׇּל־שֹׁ֥פְטֵי צֶֽדֶק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Through me, regents will hold sway, and the lordliest of all those who judge in righteousness.


###### Proverbs 8:17
[Proverbs 8:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:17)

אֲ֭נִי (אהביה) [אֹהֲבַ֣י] אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I [(the L-rd)] love its [(Torah's)] lovers, and My probers [i.e., those who probe Me through Torah] shall find Me.


###### Proverbs 8:18
[Proverbs 8:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:18)

עֹֽשֶׁר־וְכָב֥וֹד אִתִּ֑י ה֥וֹן עָ֝תֵ֗ק וּצְדָקָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Wealth and honor are with me [(Torah)]; great fortune, given freely.


###### Proverbs 8:19
[Proverbs 8:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:19)

ט֣וֹב פִּ֭רְיִי מֵחָר֣וּץ וּמִפָּ֑ז וּ֝תְבוּאָתִ֗י מִכֶּ֥סֶף נִבְחָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My fruits are better than gold and fine gold, and my produce is choicer than silver.


###### Proverbs 8:20
[Proverbs 8:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:20)

בְּאֹֽרַח־צְדָקָ֥ה אֲהַלֵּ֑ךְ בְּ֝ת֗וֹךְ נְתִיב֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I lead [men] in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice.


###### Proverbs 8:21
[Proverbs 8:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:21)

לְהַנְחִ֖יל אֹהֲבַ֥י׀יֵ֑שׁ וְאֹצְרֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם אֲמַלֵּֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have much to bequeath to my lovers, and I shall fill their stores.


###### Proverbs 8:22
[Proverbs 8:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:22)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם מִפְעָלָ֣יו מֵאָֽז׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord created me as the beginning of his way, the first of his works of old.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L-rd acquired me [(Torah)] (as) the beginning of His way [i.e., before the creation of the universe)], before His deeds of yore.


###### Proverbs 8:23
[Proverbs 8:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:23)

מֵ֭עוֹלָם נִסַּ֥כְתִּי מֵרֹ֗אשׁ מִקַּדְמֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth was.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I was enthroned from the beginning. I am among the first, [(Seven things, Torah among them, preceded the creation of the world)], [among] the precursors of the earth.


###### Proverbs 8:24
[Proverbs 8:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:24)

בְּאֵין־תְּהֹמ֥וֹת חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי בְּאֵ֥ין מַ֝עְיָנ֗וֹת נִכְבַּדֵּי־מָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When there were yet no depths, I was formed; when there were no pools rich with water.


###### Proverbs 8:25
[Proverbs 8:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:25)

בְּטֶ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים הׇטְבָּ֑עוּ לִפְנֵ֖י גְבָע֣וֹת חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Before the mountains were sunk [(into the waters)]; before the hills, was I formed.


###### Proverbs 8:26
[Proverbs 8:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:26)

עַד־לֹ֣א עָ֭שָׂה אֶ֣רֶץ וְחוּצ֑וֹת וְ֝רֹ֗אשׁ עַפְר֥וֹת תֵּבֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
while as yet he had not made the earth, or the fields, or the highest part of the dust of the world.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Before there had been made the land [(Eretz Yisrael)] and its environs [(the other lands)], and the head of the dust of the world [(Adam)].


###### Proverbs 8:27
[Proverbs 8:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:27)

בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑נִי בְּחֻ֥קוֹ ח֝֗וּג עַל־פְּנֵ֥י תְהֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When he established the heavens, I was there: when he drew a circle over the surface of the deep:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When He prepared the heavens, there was I; when He etched out the globe [of the earth] upon the face of the deep [(as an impassable bound)].


###### Proverbs 8:28
[Proverbs 8:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:28)

בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז עִינ֥וֹת תְּהֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when he established the clouds above: when the fountains of the deep became strong:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When He strengthened the heavens above; when He fortified the basins of the depths.


###### Proverbs 8:29
[Proverbs 8:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:29)

בְּשׂ֘וּמ֤וֹ לַיָּ֨ם**׀** חֻקּ֗וֹ וּ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יַֽעַבְרוּ־פִ֑יו בְּ֝חוּק֗וֹ מ֣וֹסְדֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when he gave to the sea its decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When He set His statute to the sea [(at the creation, that it split in the time of Moses)], when He etched out the foundations of the earth.


###### Proverbs 8:30
[Proverbs 8:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:30)

וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה אֶצְל֗וֹ אָ֫מ֥וֹן וָאֶהְיֶ֣ה שַׁ֭עֲשׁוּעִים י֤וֹם**׀** י֑וֹם מְשַׂחֶ֖קֶת לְפָנָ֣יו בְּכׇל־עֵֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then I was by him, as a nurseling: and I was daily his delight, playing always before him;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I was then His nursling, [His] delight, day [by] day [(two thousand years [the L-rd's "day" being a thousand years] — Torah being created two thousand years before the creation of the universe)], playing before Him at all times.


###### Proverbs 8:31
[Proverbs 8:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:31)

מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת בְּתֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑וֹ וְ֝שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗י אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
playing with the universe, his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Laughing at the world, His earth, [("laughing" at all the generations of the wicked, from Adam until Noach, and from Noach until Abraham)] and [finding] my delight with the sons of man [(the generations of the desert, which accepted the Torah)].


###### Proverbs 8:32
[Proverbs 8:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:32)

וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִ֑י וְ֝אַשְׁרֵ֗י דְּרָכַ֥י יִשְׁמֹֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now therefore hearken to me, O you children: for happy are they who keep my ways.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, children, listen to me — and fortunate are they who heed my ways.


###### Proverbs 8:33
[Proverbs 8:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:33)

שִׁמְע֖וּ מוּסָ֥ר וַחֲכָ֗מוּ וְאַל־תִּפְרָֽעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear mussar, and grow wise, and do not reject [my mussar].


###### Proverbs 8:34
[Proverbs 8:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:34)

אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי־אָדָם֮ שֹׁמֵ֢עַֽ֫ לִ֥י לִשְׁקֹ֣ד עַל־דַּ֭לְתֹתַי י֤וֹם**׀** י֑וֹם לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מְזוּזֹ֥ת פְּתָחָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy is the man who hearkens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fortunate is the man who gives ear to me, to guard my doors each day [(to enter the house of study and the house of prayer first and to leave last)], to guard my doorposts.


###### Proverbs 8:35
[Proverbs 8:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:35)

כִּ֣י מֹ֭צְאִי (מצאי) [מָצָ֣א] חַיִּ֑ים וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favour of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For he who finds me finds life and elicits favor from the L-rd.


###### Proverbs 8:36
[Proverbs 8:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/8:36)

וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי חֹמֵ֣ס נַפְשׁ֑וֹ כׇּל־מְ֝שַׂנְאַ֗י אָ֣הֲבוּ מָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they who hate me love death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But he who sins against me despoils his soul; all who hate me love death.