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[1] When you sit to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before you;
[2] put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
[3] Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
since they are deceitful food.
[4] Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
[5] Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
[6] Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
and don’t crave his delicacies,
[7] for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
[8] You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words. [9] Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words. [10] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
[11] for their Defender is strong.
He will plead their case against you. [12] Apply your heart to instruction,
and your ears to the words of knowledge.
[13] Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
[14] Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol.ⓘ [15] My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine.
[16] Yes, my heart will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
[17] Don’t let your heart envy sinners,
but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
[18] Indeed surely there is a future hope,
and your hope will not be cut off.
[19] Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the right path!
[20] Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine,
or those who gorge themselves on meat;
[21] for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
[22] Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
[23] Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
[24] The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
[25] Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
[26] My son, give me your heart;
and let your eyes keep in my ways.
[27] For a prostitute is a deep pit;
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
[28] Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
and increases the unfaithful among men. [29] Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
[30] Those who stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine.
[31] Don’t look at the wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly.
[32] In the end, it bites like a snake,
and poisons like a viper.
[33] Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
[34] Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
[35] “They hit me, and I was not hurt!
They beat me, and I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I will look for more.”
consider diligently what is before you;
[2] put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
[3] Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
since they are deceitful food.
[4] Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
[5] Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
[6] Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
and don’t crave his delicacies,
[7] for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
[8] You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words. [9] Don’t speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words. [10] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone.
Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
[11] for their Defender is strong.
He will plead their case against you. [12] Apply your heart to instruction,
and your ears to the words of knowledge.
[13] Don’t withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
[14] Punish him with the rod,
and save his soul from Sheol.ⓘ [15] My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad, even mine.
[16] Yes, my heart will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.
[17] Don’t let your heart envy sinners,
but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
[18] Indeed surely there is a future hope,
and your hope will not be cut off.
[19] Listen, my son, and be wise,
and keep your heart on the right path!
[20] Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine,
or those who gorge themselves on meat;
[21] for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
[22] Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
[23] Buy the truth, and don’t sell it.
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
[24] The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
[25] Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
[26] My son, give me your heart;
and let your eyes keep in my ways.
[27] For a prostitute is a deep pit;
and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
[28] Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
and increases the unfaithful among men. [29] Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
[30] Those who stay long at the wine;
those who go to seek out mixed wine.
[31] Don’t look at the wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup,
when it goes down smoothly.
[32] In the end, it bites like a snake,
and poisons like a viper.
[33] Your eyes will see strange things,
and your mind will imagine confusing things.
[34] Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
[35] “They hit me, and I was not hurt!
They beat me, and I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I will look for more.”
Footnotes
- Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] When thou sittestH3427(QalImpf) to eatH3898(QalInf) with a ruler,H4910(QalActPtc) considerH995(QalImpf) diligentlyH995(QalInf) what [is] beforeH6440 thee: [2] And putH7760(QalPerf) a knifeH7915 to thy throat,H3930 if thou [be] a man givenH1167 to appetite.H5315 [3] Be not desirousH183(HithImpf) of his dainties:H4303 for they [are] deceitfulH3577 meat.H3899 [4] LabourH3021(QalImpf) not to be rich:H6238(HiphInf) ceaseH2308(QalImpv) from thine own wisdom.H998 [5] Wilt thou setH5774(HiphImpf/Qere) thine eyesH5869 upon that which is not? for [riches] certainlyH6213(QalInf) makeH6213(QalImpf) themselves wings;H3671 they fly awayH5774(QalImpf/Qere) as an eagleH5404 toward heaven.H8064 [6] EatH3898(QalImpf) thou not the breadH3899 of [him that hath] an evilH7451 eye,H5869 neither desireH183(HithImpf) thou his dainty meats:H4303 [7] For as he thinkethH8176(QalPerf) in his heart,H5315 so [is] he: EatH398(QalImpv) and drink,H8354(QalImpv) saithH559(QalImpf) he to thee; but his heartH3820 [is] not with thee. [8] The morselH6595 [which] thou hast eatenH398(QalPerf) shalt thou vomit up,H6958(HiphImpf) and loseH7843(PielPerf) thy sweetH5273 words.H1697 [9] SpeakH1696(PielImpf) not in the earsH241 of a fool:H3684 for he will despiseH936(QalImpf) the wisdomH7922 of thy words.H4405 [10] RemoveH5253(HiphImpf) not the oldH5769 landmark;H1366 and enterH935(QalImpf) not into the fieldsH7704 of the fatherless:H3490 [11] For their redeemerH1350(QalActPtc) [is] mighty;H2389 he shall pleadH7378(QalImpf) their causeH7379 with thee. [12] ApplyH935(HiphImpv) thine heartH3820 unto instruction,H4148 and thine earsH241 to the wordsH561 of knowledge.H1847 [13] WithholdH4513(QalImpf) not correctionH4148 from the child:H5288 for [if] thou beatestH5221(HiphImpf) him with the rod,H7626 he shall not die.H4191(QalImpf) [14] Thou shalt beatH5221(HiphImpf) him with the rod,H7626 and shalt deliverH5337(HiphImpf) his soulH5315 from hell.H7585 [15] My son,H1121 if thine heartH3820 be wise,H2449(QalPerf) my heartH3820 shall rejoice,H8055(QalImpf) even mine.H589 [16] Yea, my reinsH3629 shall rejoice,H5937(QalImpf) when thy lipsH8193 speakH1696(PielInf) right things.H4339 [17] Let not thine heartH3820 envyH7065(PielImpf) sinners:H2400 but [be thou] in the fearH3374 of the LordH3068 all the dayH3117 long. [18] For surely there isH3426 an end;H319 and thine expectationH8615 shall not be cut off.H3772(NiphImpf) [19] HearH8085(QalImpv) thou, my son,H1121 and be wise,H2449(QalImpv) and guideH833(PielImpv) thine heartH3820 in the way.H1870 [20] Be not among winebibbers;H3196 among riotous eatersH2151(QalActPtc) of flesh:H1320 [21] For the drunkardH5433(QalActPtc) and the gluttonH2151(QalActPtc) shall come to poverty:H3423(NiphImpf) and drowsinessH5124 shall clotheH3847(HiphImpf) [a man] with rags.H7168 [22] HearkenH8085(QalImpv) unto thy fatherH1 that begatH3205(QalPerf) thee, and despiseH936(QalImpf) not thy motherH517 when she is old.H2204(QalPerf) [23] BuyH7069(QalImpv) the truth,H571 and sellH4376(QalImpf) [it] not; [also] wisdom,H2451 and instruction,H4148 and understanding.H998 [24] The fatherH1 of the righteousH6662 shall greatlyH1524 rejoice:H1523(QalImpf) and he that begettethH3205(QalActPtc) a wiseH2450 [child] shall have joyH8055(QalImpf) of him. [25] Thy fatherH1 and thy motherH517 shall be glad,H8055(QalImpf) and she that bareH3205(QalActPtc) thee shall rejoice.H1523(QalImpf) [26] My son,H1121 giveH5414(QalImpv) me thine heart,H3820 and let thine eyesH5869 observeH7521(QalImpf) my ways.H1870 [27] For a whoreH2181(QalActPtc) [is] a deepH6013 ditch;H7745 and a strange womanH5237 [is] a narrowH6862 pit.H875 [28] She also lieth in waitH693(QalImpf) as [for] a prey,H2863 and increasethH3254(HiphImpf) the transgressorsH898(QalActPtc) among men.H120 [29] Who hath woe?H188 who hath sorrow?H17 who hath contentions?H4079(Qere) who hath babbling?H7879 who hath woundsH6482 without cause?H2600 who hath rednessH2448 of eyes?H5869 [30] They that tarry longH309(PielPtc) at the wine;H3196 they that goH935(QalActPtc) to seekH2713(QalInf) mixed wine.H4469 [31] LookH7200(QalImpf) not thou upon the wineH3196 when it is red,H119(HithImpf) when it givethH5414(QalImpf) his colourH5869 in the cup,H3563(Qere) [when] it movethH1980(HithImpf) itself aright.H4339 [32] At the lastH319 it bitethH5391(QalImpf) like a serpent,H5175 and stingethH6567(HiphImpf) like an adder.H6848 [33] Thine eyesH5869 shall beholdH7200(QalImpf) strange women,H2114(QalPtc) and thine heartH3820 shall utterH1696(PielImpf) perverse things.H8419 [34] Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth downH7901(QalActPtc) in the midstH3820 of the sea,H3220 or as he that liethH7901(QalActPtc) upon the topH7218 of a mast.H2260 [35] They have strickenH5221(HiphPerf) me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick;H2470(QalPerf) they have beatenH1986(QalPerf) me, [and] I feltH3045(QalPerf) [it] not: when shall I awake?H6974(HiphImpf) I will seekH1245(PielImpf) it yetH3254(HiphImpf) again.
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