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[1] Don’t boast about tomorrow;
for you don’t know what a day may bring.
[2] Let another man praise you,
and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
[4] Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
[5] Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
[6] The wounds of a friend are faithful,
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
[7] A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wanders from her nest,
so is a man who wanders from his home.
[9] Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
[10] Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
[11] Be wise, my son,
and bring joy to my heart,
then I can answer my tormentor.
[12] A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[13] Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
[14] He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
[15] A continual dropping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike:
[16] restraining her is like restraining the wind,
or like grasping oil in his right hand. [17] Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
[18] Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
[19] Like water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
[20] Sheolⓘ and Abaddon are never satisfied;
and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
[21] The crucible is for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
but man is refined by his praise.
[22] Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. [23] Know well the state of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds,
[24] for riches are not forever,
nor does the crown endure to all generations.
[25] The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
[26] The lambs are for your clothing,
and the goats are the price of a field.
[27] There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,
for your family’s food,
and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
for you don’t know what a day may bring.
[2] Let another man praise you,
and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
[3] A stone is heavy,
and sand is a burden;
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
[4] Wrath is cruel,
and anger is overwhelming;
but who is able to stand before jealousy?
[5] Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
[6] The wounds of a friend are faithful,
although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
[7] A full soul loathes a honeycomb;
but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
[8] As a bird that wanders from her nest,
so is a man who wanders from his home.
[9] Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
[10] Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
[11] Be wise, my son,
and bring joy to my heart,
then I can answer my tormentor.
[12] A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[13] Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
Hold it for a wayward woman!
[14] He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse by him.
[15] A continual dropping on a rainy day
and a contentious wife are alike:
[16] restraining her is like restraining the wind,
or like grasping oil in his right hand. [17] Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
[18] Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
[19] Like water reflects a face,
so a man’s heart reflects the man.
[20] Sheolⓘ and Abaddon are never satisfied;
and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
[21] The crucible is for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
but man is refined by his praise.
[22] Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. [23] Know well the state of your flocks,
and pay attention to your herds,
[24] for riches are not forever,
nor does the crown endure to all generations.
[25] The hay is removed, and the new growth appears,
the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
[26] The lambs are for your clothing,
and the goats are the price of a field.
[27] There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food,
for your family’s food,
and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
Footnotes
- ⓘ 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] Boast H1984 (HithImpf) not thyself of to morrow; H4279
For thou knowest H3045 (QalImpf) not what a day H3117 may bring forth. H3205 (QalImpf)
[2] Let another man H2114 (QalPtc) praise H1984 (PielImpf) thee, and not thine own mouth; H6310
A stranger, H5237 and not thine own lips. H8193
[3] A stone H68 is heavy,§ H3514 and the sand H2344 weighty; H5192
But a fool’s H191 wrath H3708 is heavier H3515 than them both. H8147
[4] Wrath H2534 is cruel, H395 and anger H639 is outrageous;§ H7858
But who is able to stand H5975 (QalImpf) before H6440 envy? H7068§
[5] Open H1540 (PualPtc) rebuke H8433 is better H2896
Than secret H5641 (PualPtc) love. H160
[6] Faithful H539 (NiphPtc) are the wounds H6482 of a friend; H157 (QalActPtc)
But the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 (QalActPtc) are deceitful.§ H6280 (NiphPtc)
[7] The full H7649 soul H5315 loatheth H947 (QalImpf)§ an honeycomb; H5317
But to the hungry H7457 soul H5315 every bitter thing H4751 is sweet. H4966
[8] As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 (QalActPtc) from her nest, H7064
So is a man H376 that wandereth H5074 (QalActPtc) from his place. H4725
[9] Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 (PielImpf) the heart: H3820
So doth the sweetness H4986 of a man’s friend H7453 by hearty H5315 counsel. H6098§
[10] Thine own friend, H7453 and thy father’s H1 friend, H7453 forsake H5800 (QalImpf) not;
Neither go H935 (QalImpf) into thy brother’s H251 house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity: H343
For better H2896 is a neighbour H7934 that is near H7138 than a brother H251 far off. H7350
[11] My son, H1121 be wise, H2449 (QalImpv) and make my heart H3820 glad, H8055 (PielImpv)
That I may answer H7725 (HiphImpf) him that reproacheth H2778 (QalActPtc) me.
[12] A prudent H6175 man foreseeth H7200 (QalPerf) the evil, H7451 and hideth H5641 (NiphPerf) himself;
But the simple H6612 pass on, H5674 (QalPerf) and are punished. H6064 (NiphPerf)
[13] Take H3947 (QalImpv) his garment H899 that is surety H6148 (QalPerf) for a stranger, H2114 (QalPtc)
And take a pledge H2254 (QalImpv) of him for a strange woman. H5237
[14] He that blesseth H1288 (PielPtc) his friend H7453 with a loud H1419 voice, H6963 rising early H7925 (HiphInf) in the morning, H1242
It shall be counted H2803 (NiphImpf) a curse H7045 to him.
[15] A continual H2956 (QalActPtc) dropping H1812 in a very rainy H5464 day H3117
And a contentious H4079 (Qere) woman H802 are alike. H7737 (NithPerf)
[16] Whosoever hideth H6845 (QalActPtc) her hideth H6845 (QalPerf) the wind, H7307
And the ointment H8081 of his right hand, H3225 which bewrayeth H7121 (QalImpf) itself.
[17] Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 (QalImpf) iron; H1270
So a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 (HiphImpf) the countenance H6440 of his friend. H7453
[18] Whoso keepeth H5341 (QalActPtc) the fig tree H8384 shall eat H398 (QalImpf) the fruit H6529 thereof:
So he that waiteth H8104 (QalActPtc) on his master H113 shall be honoured. H3513 (PualImpf)
[19] As in water H4325 face H6440 answereth to face, H6440
So the heart H3820 of man H120 to man. H120
[20] Hell H7585 and destruction H11 (Qere) are never H3808§ full; H7646 (QalImpf)
So the eyes H5869 of man H120 are never satisfied. H7646 (QalImpf)
[21] As the fining pot H4715 for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold; H2091
So is a man H376 to H6310 his praise. H4110
[22] Though thou shouldest bray H3806 (QalImpf) a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle, H5940
Yet will not his foolishness H200 depart H5493 (QalImpf) from him.
[23] Be thou diligent H3045 (QalImpf) to know H3045 (QalInf) the state H6440 of thy flocks, H6629
And look H7896 (QalImpv) well H3820§ to thy herds. H5739
[24] For riches H2633§ are not for ever: H5769
And doth the crown H5145 endure to every H1755 generation? H1755§
[25] The hay H2682 appeareth, H1540 (QalPerf) and the tender grass H1877 sheweth H7200 (NiphPerf) itself,
And herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered. H622 (NiphPerf)
[26] The lambs H3532 are for thy clothing, H3830
And the goats H6260 are the price H4242 of the field. H7704
[27] And thou shalt have goats’ H5795 milk H2461 enough H1767 for thy food, H3899 for the food H3899 of thy household, H1004
And for the maintenance§ H2416 for thy maidens. H5291
For thou knowest H3045 (QalImpf) not what a day H3117 may bring forth. H3205 (QalImpf)
[2] Let another man H2114 (QalPtc) praise H1984 (PielImpf) thee, and not thine own mouth; H6310
A stranger, H5237 and not thine own lips. H8193
[3] A stone H68 is heavy,§ H3514 and the sand H2344 weighty; H5192
But a fool’s H191 wrath H3708 is heavier H3515 than them both. H8147
[4] Wrath H2534 is cruel, H395 and anger H639 is outrageous;§ H7858
But who is able to stand H5975 (QalImpf) before H6440 envy? H7068§
[5] Open H1540 (PualPtc) rebuke H8433 is better H2896
Than secret H5641 (PualPtc) love. H160
[6] Faithful H539 (NiphPtc) are the wounds H6482 of a friend; H157 (QalActPtc)
But the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 (QalActPtc) are deceitful.§ H6280 (NiphPtc)
[7] The full H7649 soul H5315 loatheth H947 (QalImpf)§ an honeycomb; H5317
But to the hungry H7457 soul H5315 every bitter thing H4751 is sweet. H4966
[8] As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 (QalActPtc) from her nest, H7064
So is a man H376 that wandereth H5074 (QalActPtc) from his place. H4725
[9] Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 (PielImpf) the heart: H3820
So doth the sweetness H4986 of a man’s friend H7453 by hearty H5315 counsel. H6098§
[10] Thine own friend, H7453 and thy father’s H1 friend, H7453 forsake H5800 (QalImpf) not;
Neither go H935 (QalImpf) into thy brother’s H251 house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity: H343
For better H2896 is a neighbour H7934 that is near H7138 than a brother H251 far off. H7350
[11] My son, H1121 be wise, H2449 (QalImpv) and make my heart H3820 glad, H8055 (PielImpv)
That I may answer H7725 (HiphImpf) him that reproacheth H2778 (QalActPtc) me.
[12] A prudent H6175 man foreseeth H7200 (QalPerf) the evil, H7451 and hideth H5641 (NiphPerf) himself;
But the simple H6612 pass on, H5674 (QalPerf) and are punished. H6064 (NiphPerf)
[13] Take H3947 (QalImpv) his garment H899 that is surety H6148 (QalPerf) for a stranger, H2114 (QalPtc)
And take a pledge H2254 (QalImpv) of him for a strange woman. H5237
[14] He that blesseth H1288 (PielPtc) his friend H7453 with a loud H1419 voice, H6963 rising early H7925 (HiphInf) in the morning, H1242
It shall be counted H2803 (NiphImpf) a curse H7045 to him.
[15] A continual H2956 (QalActPtc) dropping H1812 in a very rainy H5464 day H3117
And a contentious H4079 (Qere) woman H802 are alike. H7737 (NithPerf)
[16] Whosoever hideth H6845 (QalActPtc) her hideth H6845 (QalPerf) the wind, H7307
And the ointment H8081 of his right hand, H3225 which bewrayeth H7121 (QalImpf) itself.
[17] Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 (QalImpf) iron; H1270
So a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 (HiphImpf) the countenance H6440 of his friend. H7453
[18] Whoso keepeth H5341 (QalActPtc) the fig tree H8384 shall eat H398 (QalImpf) the fruit H6529 thereof:
So he that waiteth H8104 (QalActPtc) on his master H113 shall be honoured. H3513 (PualImpf)
[19] As in water H4325 face H6440 answereth to face, H6440
So the heart H3820 of man H120 to man. H120
[20] Hell H7585 and destruction H11 (Qere) are never H3808§ full; H7646 (QalImpf)
So the eyes H5869 of man H120 are never satisfied. H7646 (QalImpf)
[21] As the fining pot H4715 for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold; H2091
So is a man H376 to H6310 his praise. H4110
[22] Though thou shouldest bray H3806 (QalImpf) a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle, H5940
Yet will not his foolishness H200 depart H5493 (QalImpf) from him.
[23] Be thou diligent H3045 (QalImpf) to know H3045 (QalInf) the state H6440 of thy flocks, H6629
And look H7896 (QalImpv) well H3820§ to thy herds. H5739
[24] For riches H2633§ are not for ever: H5769
And doth the crown H5145 endure to every H1755 generation? H1755§
[25] The hay H2682 appeareth, H1540 (QalPerf) and the tender grass H1877 sheweth H7200 (NiphPerf) itself,
And herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered. H622 (NiphPerf)
[26] The lambs H3532 are for thy clothing, H3830
And the goats H6260 are the price H4242 of the field. H7704
[27] And thou shalt have goats’ H5795 milk H2461 enough H1767 for thy food, H3899 for the food H3899 of thy household, H1004
And for the maintenance§ H2416 for thy maidens. H5291
Footnotes
- § 27:3 Heb. heaviness
- § 27:4a Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing
- § 27:4b Or, jealousy
- § 27:6 Or, earnest, or frequent
- § 27:7 Heb. treadeth under foot
- § 27:9 Heb. from the counsel of the soul
- § 27:20 Heb. not
- § 27:23 Heb. set thy heart
- § 27:24a Heb. strength
- § 27:24b Heb. to generation and generation
- § 27:27 Heb. life
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