Catholic Public Domain Version
"and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth, "
— Proverbs 7:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,”
“And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, ”
“I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,”
“and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.”
“And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,”
“I saw among the young men one without sense,”
“And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,”
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend.
So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,
and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,
who crosses the street at the corner and close to the way of that house.
He steps into shadows, as day becomes evening, into the darkness and gloom of the night.
And behold, a woman meets him, dressed like a harlot, prepared to captivate souls: chattering and rambling,