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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.”

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 23:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] When thou sittest H3427 to eat H3898 with H854 a ruler, H4910
Consider H995 diligently H995 what is before H6440 thee:
[2] And put H7760 a knife H7915 to thy throat, H3930
If thou be a man given H1167 to appetite. H5315
[3] Be not desirous H183 of his dainties: H4303
For they are deceitful H3577 meat. H3899
[4] Labour H3021 not H408 to be rich: H6238
Cease H2308 from thine own wisdom. H998
[5] Wilt thou set H5774 H5774 thine eyes H5869 upon that which is not?§
For riches certainly H6213 make H6213 themselves wings; H3671
They fly away H5774 H5774 as an eagle H5404 toward heaven. H8064
[6] Eat H3898 H853 thou not the bread H3899 of him that hath an evil H7451 eye, H5869
Neither desire H183 thou his dainty meats: H4303
[7] For H3588 as he thinketh H8176 in his heart, H5315 so is he:
Eat H398 and drink, H8354 saith H559 he to thee;
But his heart H3820 is not with thee.
[8] The morsel H6595 which thou hast eaten H398 shalt thou vomit up, H6958
And lose H7843 thy sweet H5273 words. H1697
[9] Speak H1696 not H408 in the ears H241 of a fool: H3684
For H3588 he will despise H936 the wisdom H7922 of thy words. H4405
[10] Remove H5253 not H408 the old H5769 landmark; H1366§
And enter H935 not H408 into the fields H7704 of the fatherless: H3490
[11] For H3588 their redeemer H1350 is mighty; H2389
He shall plead H7378 H853 their cause H7379 with thee.
[12] Apply H935 thine heart H3820 unto instruction, H4148
And thine ears H241 to the words H561 of knowledge. H1847
[13] Withhold H4513 not correction H4148 from the child: H5288
For if thou beatest H5221 him with the rod, H7626 he shall not die. H4191
[14] Thou shalt beat H5221 him with the rod, H7626
And shalt deliver H5337 his soul H5315 from hell. H7585
[15] My son, H1121 if thine heart H3820 be wise, H2449
My heart H3820 shall rejoice, H8055 even H1571 mine. H589§
[16] Yea, my reins H3629 shall rejoice, H5937
When thy lips H8193 speak H1696 right things. H4339
[17] Let not thine heart H3820 envy H7065 sinners: H2400
But be thou in the fear H3374 of the Lord H3068 all H3605 the day H3117 long.
[18] For H3588 surely there is H3426 an end; H319§
And thine expectation H8615 shall H3772 not H3808 be cut off. H3772
[19] Hear H8085 thou, my son, H1121 and be wise, H2449
And guide H833 thine heart H3820 in the way. H1870
[20] Be not among winebibbers; H3196
H5433 Among riotous eaters H2151 of flesh: H1320§
[21] For H3588 the drunkard H5433 and the glutton H2151 shall come to poverty: H3423
And drowsiness H5124 shall clothe H3847 a man with rags. H7168
[22] Hearken H8085 unto thy father H1 that begat H3205 thee,
And despise H936 not H408 thy mother H517 when she is old. H2204
[23] Buy H7069 the truth, H571 and sell H4376 it not;
Also wisdom, H2451 and instruction, H4148 and understanding. H998
[24] The father H1 of the righteous H6662 shall greatly H1524 rejoice: H1523
And he that begetteth H3205 a wise H2450 child shall have joy H8055 of him.
[25] Thy father H1 and thy mother H517 shall be glad, H8055
And she that bare H3205 thee shall rejoice. H1523
[26] My son, H1121 give H5414 me thine heart, H3820
And let thine eyes H5869 observe H7521 H5341 my ways. H1870
[27] For H3588 a whore H2181 is a deep H6013 ditch; H7745
And a strange woman H5237 is a narrow H6862 pit. H875
[28] She also lieth in wait H693 as for a prey,§ H2863
And increaseth H3254 the transgressors H898 among men. H120
[29] Who hath woe? H188 Who hath sorrow? H17
Who hath contentions? H4079 H4066 Who hath babbling? H7879
Who hath wounds H6482 without cause? H2600
Who hath redness H2448 of eyes? H5869
[30] They that tarry long H309 at the wine; H3196
They that go H935 to seek H2713 mixed wine. H4469
[31] Look H7200 not H408 thou upon the wine H3196 when it is red, H119
When it giveth H5414 his colour H5869 in the cup, H3563
H3599 When it moveth H1980 itself aright. H4339
[32] At the last H319 it biteth H5391 like a serpent, H5175
And stingeth H6567 like an adder. H6848§
[33] Thine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 strange women, H2114
And thine heart H3820 shall utter H1696 perverse things. H8419
[34] Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down H7901 in the midst H3820 of the sea, H3220§
Or as he that lieth H7901 upon the top H7218 of a mast. H2260
[35] They have stricken H5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; H2470
They have beaten H1986 me, and I felt H3045 it not:§
When shall I awake? H6974
I will seek H1245 it yet H3254 again.

Footnotes

  1. § 23:5 Heb. wilt thou cause thine eyes to fly upon?
  2. § 23:10 Or, bound
  3. § 23:15 Or, even I will rejoice
  4. § 23:18 Or, reward
  5. § 23:20 Heb. of their flesh
  6. § 23:28 Or, as a robber
  7. § 23:32 Or, a cockatrice
  8. § 23:34 Heb. in the heart of the sea
  9. § 23:35 Heb. I knew it not
Septuaginta
[1] Ἐὰν G1437 καθίσῃς G2523 δειπνεῖν G1172 ἐπὶ G1909 τραπέζης G5132 δυναστῶν, G1413 νοητῶς νόει G3539 τὰ G3588 παρατιθέμενά G3908 σοι G4671 [2] καὶ G2532 ἐπίβαλλε G1911 τὴν G3588 χεῖρά G5495 σου G4675 εἰδὼς G1492 ὅτι G3754 τοιαῦτά G5108 σε G4571 δεῖ G1163 παρασκευάσαι· G3903 [3] εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 ἀπληστότερος εἶ, G1488 μὴ G3361 ἐπιθύμει G1937 τῶν G3588 ἐδεσμάτων αὐτοῦ, G846 ταῦτα G5023 γὰρ G1063 ἔχεται G2192 ζωῆς G2222 ψευδοῦς. G5571 [4] Μὴ G3361 παρεκτείνου πένης G3993 ὢν G5607 πλουσίῳ, G4145 τῇ G3588 δὲ G1161 σῇ G4674 ἐννοίᾳ G1771 ἀπόσχου· [5] ἐὰν G1437 ἐπιστήσῃς G2186 τὸ G3588 σὸν G4674 ὄμμα G3659 πρὸς G4314 αὐτόν, G846 οὐδαμοῦ φανεῖται, G5316 κατεσκεύασται G2680 γὰρ G1063 αὐτῷ G846 πτέρυγες G4420 ὥσπερ G5618 ἀετοῦ, G105 καὶ G2532 ὑποστρέφει G5290 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 τοῦ G3588 προεστηκότος G4291 αὐτοῦ. G846 [6] Μὴ G3361 συνδείπνει ἀνδρὶ G435 βασκάνῳ μηδὲ G3366 ἐπιθύμει G1937 τῶν G3588 βρωμάτων G1033 αὐτοῦ· G846 [7] ὃν G3739 τρόπον G5158 γὰρ G1063 εἴ G1487 τις G5100 καταπίοι G2666 τρίχα, G2359 οὕτως G3779 ἐσθίει G2068 καὶ G2532 πίνει. G4095 [8] Μηδὲ G3366 πρὸς G4314 σὲ G4571 εἰσαγάγῃς G1521 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 φάγῃς G5315 τὸν G3588 ψωμόν σου G4675 μετ’ G3326 αὐτοῦ· G846 ἐξεμέσει γὰρ G1063 αὐτὸν G846 καὶ G2532 λυμανεῖται G3075 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 σου G4675 τοὺς G3588 καλούς. G2570 [9] Εἰς G1519 ὦτα G3775 ἄφρονος G878 μηδὲν G3367 λέγε, G3004 μήποτε G3379 μυκτηρίσῃ G3456 τοὺς G3588 συνετοὺς G4908 λόγους G3056 σου. G4675 [10] Μὴ G3361 μεταθῇς G3346 ὅρια G3725 αἰώνια, G166 εἰς G1519 δὲ G1161 κτῆμα G2933 ὀρφανῶν G3737 μὴ G3361 εἰσέλθῃς· G1525 [11] ὁ G3588 γὰρ G1063 λυτρούμενος G3084 αὐτοὺς G846 κύριος G2962 κραταιός G2900 ἐστιν G2076 καὶ G2532 κρινεῖ G2919 τὴν G3588 κρίσιν G2920 αὐτῶν G846 μετὰ G3326 σοῦ. G4675 [12] Δὸς G1325 εἰς G1519 παιδείαν G3809 τὴν G3588 καρδίαν G2588 σου, G4675 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 ὦτά G3775 σου G4675 ἑτοίμασον G2090 λόγοις G3056 αἰσθήσεως. G144 [13] Μὴ G3361 ἀπόσχῃ νήπιον G3516 παιδεύειν, G3811 ὅτι G3754 ἐὰν G1437 πατάξῃς G3960 αὐτὸν G846 ῥάβδῳ, G4464 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀποθάνῃ· G599 [14] σὺ G4771 μὲν G3303 γὰρ G1063 πατάξεις G3960 αὐτὸν G846 ῥάβδῳ, G4464 τὴν G3588 δὲ G1161 ψυχὴν G5590 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐκ G1537 θανάτου G2288 ῥύσῃ. G4506 [15] Υἱέ, G5207 ἐὰν G1437 σοφὴ G4680 γένηταί G1096 σου G4675 ἡ G3588 καρδία, G2588 εὐφρανεῖς G2165 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἐμὴν G1699 καρδίαν, G2588 [16] καὶ G2532 ἐνδιατρίψει λόγοις G3056 τὰ G3588 σὰ G4674 χείλη G5491 πρὸς G4314 τὰ G3588 ἐμὰ G1699 χείλη, G5491 ἐὰν G1437 ὀρθὰ G3717 ὦσιν. G5600 [17] Μὴ G3361 ζηλούτω G2206 ἡ G3588 καρδία G2588 σου G4675 ἁμαρτωλούς, G268 ἀλλὰ G235 ἐν G1722 φόβῳ G5401 κυρίου G2962 ἴσθι G2468 ὅλην G3650 τὴν G3588 ἡμέραν· G2250 [18] ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 τηρήσῃς G5083 αὐτά, G846 ἔσται G2071 σοι G4671 ἔκγονα, G1549 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἐλπίς G1680 σου G4675 οὐκ G3756 ἀποστήσεται. G868 [19] Ἄκουε, G191 υἱέ, G5207 καὶ G2532 σοφὸς G4680 γίνου G1096 καὶ G2532 κατεύθυνε G2720 ἐννοίας G1771 σῆς G4674 καρδίας· G2588 [20] μὴ G3361 ἴσθι G2468 οἰνοπότης G3630 μηδὲ G3366 ἐκτείνου G1614 συμβολαῖς κρεῶν G2907 τε G5037 ἀγορασμοῖς· [21] πᾶς G3956 γὰρ G1063 μέθυσος G3183 καὶ G2532 πορνοκόπος πτωχεύσει, G4433 καὶ G2532 ἐνδύσεται G1746 διερρηγμένα G1284 καὶ G2532 ῥακώδη πᾶς G3956 ὑπνώδης. [22] Ἄκουε, G191 υἱέ, G5207 πατρὸς G3962 τοῦ G3588 γεννήσαντός G1080 σε G4571 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 καταφρόνει G2706 ὅτι G3754 γεγήρακέν G1095 σου G4675 ἡ G3588 μήτηρ. G3384 …[24] Καλῶς G2573 ἐκτρέφει G1625 πατὴρ G3962 δίκαιος, G1342 ἐπὶ G1909 δὲ G1161 υἱῷ G5207 σοφῷ G4680 εὐφραίνεται G2165 ἡ G3588 ψυχὴ G5590 αὐτοῦ· G846 [25] εὐφραινέσθω G2165 ὁ G3588 πατὴρ G3962 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 μήτηρ G3384 ἐπὶ G1909 σοί, G4671 καὶ G2532 χαιρέτω G5463 ἡ G3588 τεκοῦσά G5088 σε. G4571 [26] Δός G1325 μοι, G3427 υἱέ, G5207 σὴν G4674 καρδίαν, G2588 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 σοὶ G4674 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 ἐμὰς G1699 ὁδοὺς G3598 τηρείτωσαν· G5083 [27] πίθος γὰρ G1063 τετρημένος ἐστὶν G2076 ἀλλότριος G245 οἶκος, G3624 καὶ G2532 φρέαρ G5421 στενὸν G4728 ἀλλότριον· G245 [28] οὗτος G3778 γὰρ G1063 συντόμως G4935 ἀπολεῖται, G622 καὶ G2532 πᾶς G3956 παράνομος ἀναλωθήσεται. G355 [29] Τίνι G5101 οὐαί; G3759 Τίνι G5101 θόρυβος; G2351 Τίνι G5101 κρίσις; G2920 Τίνι G5101 ἀηδίαι καὶ G2532 λέσχαι; Τίνι G5101 συντρίμματα G4938 διὰ G1223 κενῆς; G2756 Τίνος G5101 πέλειοι οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοί; G3788 [30] Οὐ G3756 τῶν G3588 ἐγχρονιζόντων ἐν G1722 οἴνοις; G3631 Οὐ G3756 τῶν G3588 ἰχνευόντων ποῦ G4226 πότοι G4224 γίνονται; G1096 [31] Μὴ G3361 μεθύσκεσθε G3182 οἴνῳ, G3631 ἀλλὰ G235 ὁμιλεῖτε G3656 ἀνθρώποις G444 δικαίοις G1342 καὶ G2532 ὁμιλεῖτε G3656 ἐν G1722 περιπάτοις· ἐὰν G1437 γὰρ G1063 εἰς G1519 τὰς G3588 φιάλας G5357 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ποτήρια G4221 δῷς G1325 τοὺς G3588 ὀφθαλμούς G3788 σου, G4675 ὕστερον G5305 περιπατήσεις G4043 γυμνότερος G1131 ὑπέρου, [32] τὸ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἔσχατον G2078 ὥσπερ G5618 ὑπὸ G5259 ὄφεως G3789 πεπληγὼς G4141 ἐκτείνεται G1614 καὶ G2532 ὥσπερ G5618 ὑπὸ G5259 κεράστου διαχεῖται αὐτῷ G846 ὁ G3588 ἰός. G2447 [33] Οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοί G3788 σου G4675 ὅταν G3752 ἴδωσιν G1492 ἀλλοτρίαν, G245 τὸ G3588 στόμα G4750 σου G4675 τότε G5119 λαλήσει G2980 σκολιά, G4646 [34] καὶ G2532 κατακείσῃ G2621 ὥσπερ G5618 ἐν G1722 καρδίᾳ G2588 θαλάσσης G2281 καὶ G2532 ὥσπερ G5618 κυβερνήτης G2942 ἐν G1722 πολλῷ G4183 κλύδωνι· G2830 [35] ἐρεῖς G2046 δέ G1161 Τύπτουσίν G5180 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐπόνεσα, καὶ G2532 ἐνέπαιξάν G1702 μοι, G3427 ἐγὼ G1473 δὲ G1161 οὐκ G3756 ᾔδειν· G1492 πότε G4219 ὄρθρος G3722 ἔσται, G2071 ἵνα G2443 ἐλθὼν G2064 ζητήσω G2212 μεθ’ G3326 ὧν G3739 συνελεύσομαι; G4905
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