Catholic Public Domain Version
"And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers? "
— Proverbs 5:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”
“Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! ”
“neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!”
“For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.”
“And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?”
“I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!”
“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”
Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house,
and you may mourn in the end, when you will have consumed your flesh and your body. And so you may say:
“Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?
And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers?
I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly.”
Drink water from your own cistern and from the springs of your own well.
Let your fountains be diverted far and wide, and divide your waters in the streets.