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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.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 27:20 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] Boast H1984 not thyself of to morrow; H4279
For H3588 thou knowest H3045 not what a day H3117 may bring forth. H3205
[2] Let another man H2114 praise H1984 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 before H6440 envy? H7068§
[5] Open H1540 rebuke H8433 is better H2896
Than secret H5641 love. H160
[6] Faithful H539 are the wounds H6482 of a friend; H157
But the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 are deceitful. H6280§
[7] The full H7649 soul H5315 loatheth H947§ an honeycomb; H5317
But to the hungry H7457 soul H5315 every H3605 bitter thing H4751 is sweet. H4966
[8] As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 from her nest, H7064
So is a man H376 that wandereth H5074 from his place. H4725
[9] Ointment H8081 and perfume H7004 rejoice H8055 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 not;
Neither go H935 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 and make my heart H3820 glad, H8055
That I may answer H7725 H1697 him that reproacheth H2778 me.
[12] A prudent H6175 man foreseeth H7200 the evil, H7451 and hideth H5641 himself;
But the simple H6612 pass on, H5674 and are punished. H6064
[13] Take H3947 his garment H899 that is surety H6148 for H3588 a stranger, H2114
And take a pledge H2254 of him for a strange woman. H5237
[14] He that blesseth H1288 his friend H7453 with a loud H1419 voice, H6963 rising early H7925 in the morning, H1242
It shall be counted H2803 a curse H7045 to him.
[15] A continual H2956 dropping H1812 in a very rainy H5464 day H3117
And a contentious H4079 H4066 woman H802 are alike. H7737
[16] Whosoever hideth H6845 her hideth H6845 the wind, H7307
And the ointment H8081 of his right hand, H3225 which bewrayeth H7121 itself.
[17] Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 iron; H1270
So a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 the countenance H6440 of his friend. H7453
[18] Whoso keepeth H5341 the fig tree H8384 shall eat H398 the fruit H6529 thereof:
So he that waiteth H8104 on his master H113 shall be honoured. H3513
[19] As in water H4325 face H6440 answereth to face, H6440
So H3651 the heart H3820 of man H120 to man. H120
[20] Hell H7585 and destruction H11 H10 are never H3808§ full; H7646
So the eyes H5869 of man H120 are never satisfied. H7646
[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 H853 a fool H191 in a mortar H4388 among H8432 wheat H7383 with a pestle, H5940
Yet will not his foolishness H200 depart H5493 from him.
[23] Be thou diligent H3045 to know H3045 the state H6440 of thy flocks, H6629
And look H7896 well H3820§ to thy herds. H5739
[24] For H3588 riches H2633§ are not for ever: H5769
And doth the crown H5145 endure to every H1755 generation? H1755§
[25] The hay H2682 appeareth, H1540 and the tender grass H1877 sheweth H7200 itself,
And herbs H6212 of the mountains H2022 are gathered. H622
[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

  1. § 27:3 Heb. heaviness
  2. § 27:4a Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing
  3. § 27:4b Or, jealousy
  4. § 27:6 Or, earnest, or frequent
  5. § 27:7 Heb. treadeth under foot
  6. § 27:9 Heb. from the counsel of the soul
  7. § 27:20 Heb. not
  8. § 27:23 Heb. set thy heart
  9. § 27:24a Heb. strength
  10. § 27:24b Heb. to generation and generation
  11. § 27:27 Heb. life
Septuaginta
[1] Μὴ G3361 καυχῶ G2744 τὰ G3588 εἰς G1519 αὔριον· G839 οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 γινώσκεις G1097 τί G5101 τέξεται G5088 ἡ G3588 ἐπιοῦσα. G1966 [2] Ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε G4571 ὁ G3588 πέλας καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 τὸ G3588 σὸν G4674 στόμα, G4750 ἀλλότριος G245 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 τὰ G3588 σὰ G4674 χείλη. G5491 [3] Βαρὺ G926 λίθος G3037 καὶ G2532 δυσβάστακτον G1419 ἄμμος, G285 ὀργὴ G3709 δὲ G1161 ἄφρονος G878 βαρυτέρα G926 ἀμφοτέρων. G297 [4] Ἀνελεήμων G415 θυμὸς G2372 καὶ G2532 ὀξεῖα G3691 ὀργή, G3709 ἀλλ’ G235 οὐδένα G3762 ὑφίσταται ζῆλος. G2205 [5] Κρείσσους G2908 ἔλεγχοι G1650 ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι G601 κρυπτομένης G2928 φιλίας. G5373 [6] Ἀξιοπιστότερά ἐστιν G2076 τραύματα G5134 φίλου G5384 ἢ G2228 ἑκούσια G1595 φιλήματα G5370 ἐχθροῦ. G2190 [7] Ψυχὴ G5590 ἐν G1722 πλησμονῇ G4140 οὖσα G5607 κηρίοις G2781 ἐμπαίζει, G1702 ψυχῇ G5590 δὲ G1161 ἐνδεεῖ G1729 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 πικρὰ G4089 γλυκεῖα G1099 φαίνεται. G5316 [8] Ὥσπερ G5618 ὅταν G3752 ὄρνεον G3732 καταπετασθῇ ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 ἰδίας G2398 νοσσιᾶς, G3555 οὕτως G3779 ἄνθρωπος G444 δουλοῦται, G1402 ὅταν G3752 ἀποξενωθῇ ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 ἰδίων G2398 τόπων. G5117 [9] Μύροις G3464 καὶ G2532 οἴνοις G3631 καὶ G2532 θυμιάμασιν G2368 τέρπεται καρδία, G2588 καταρρήγνυται δὲ G1161 ὑπὸ G5259 συμπτωμάτων ψυχή. G5590 [10] Φίλον G5384 σὸν G4674 ἢ G2228 φίλον G5384 πατρῷον G3971 μὴ G3361 ἐγκαταλίπῃς, G1459 εἰς G1519 δὲ G1161 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 τοῦ G3588 ἀδελφοῦ G80 σου G4675 μὴ G3361 εἰσέλθῃς G1525 ἀτυχῶν· κρείσσων G2908 φίλος G5384 ἐγγὺς G1451 ἢ G2228 ἀδελφὸς G80 μακρὰν G3112 οἰκῶν. G3611 [11] Σοφὸς G4680 γίνου, G1096 υἱέ, G5207 ἵνα G2443 εὐφραίνηταί G2165 μου G3450 ἡ G3588 καρδία, G2588 καὶ G2532 ἀπόστρεψον G654 ἀπὸ G575 σοῦ G4675 ἐπονειδίστους λόγους. G3056 [12] Πανοῦργος G3835 κακῶν G2556 ἐπερχομένων G1904 ἀπεκρύβη, G613 ἄφρονες G878 δὲ G1161 ἐπελθόντες G1904 ζημίαν G2209 τείσουσιν. G5099 [13] Ἀφελοῦ G851 τὸ G3588 ἱμάτιον G2440 αὐτοῦ, G846 παρῆλθεν G3928 γάρ· G1063 ὑβριστὴς G5197 ὅστις G3748 τὰ G3588 ἀλλότρια G245 λυμαίνεται. G3075 [14] Ὃς G3739 ἂν G302 εὐλογῇ G2127 φίλον G5384 τὸ G3588 πρωῒ G4404 μεγάλῃ G3173 τῇ G3588 φωνῇ, G5456 καταρωμένου G2672 οὐδὲν G3762 διαφέρειν G1308 δόξει. G1380 [15] Σταγόνες ἐκβάλλουσιν G1544 ἄνθρωπον G444 ἐν G1722 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 χειμερινῇ ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 οἴκου G3624 αὐτοῦ, G846 ὡσαύτως G5615 καὶ G2532 γυνὴ G1135 λοίδορος G3060 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 ἰδίου G2398 οἴκου. G3624 [16] Βορέας G1005 σκληρὸς G4642 ἄνεμος, G417 ὀνόματι G3686 δὲ G1161 ἐπιδέξιος καλεῖται. G2564 [17] Σίδηρος G4604 σίδηρον G4604 ὀξύνει, ἀνὴρ G435 δὲ G1161 παροξύνει G3947 πρόσωπον G4383 ἑταίρου. G2083 [18] Ὃς G3739 φυτεύει G5452 συκῆν, G4808 φάγεται G5315 τοὺς G3588 καρποὺς G2590 αὐτῆς· G846 ὃς G3739 δὲ G1161 φυλάσσει G5442 τὸν G3588 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 κύριον, G2962 τιμηθήσεται. G5091 [19] Ὥσπερ G5618 οὐχ G3756 ὅμοια G3664 πρόσωπα G4383 προσώποις, G4383 οὕτως G3779 οὐδὲ G3761 αἱ G3588 καρδίαι G2588 τῶν G3588 ἀνθρώπων. G444 [20] ‡ᾍδης G86 καὶ G2532 ἀπώλεια G684 οὐκ G3756 ἐμπίμπλανται, G1705 ὡσαύτως G5615 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 τῶν G3588 ἀνθρώπων G444 ἄπληστοι. βδέλυγμα G946 κυρίῳ G2962 στηρίζων G4741 ὀφθαλμόν, G3788 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἀπαίδευτοι G521 ἀκρατεῖς G193 γλώσσῃ. G1100 [21] ‡Δοκίμιον G1383 ἀργύρῳ G696 καὶ G2532 χρυσῷ G5557 πύρωσις, G4451 ἀνὴρ G435 δὲ G1161 δοκιμάζεται G1381 διὰ G1223 στόματος G4750 ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν. G846 καρδία G2588 ἀνόμου G459 ἐκζητεῖ G1567 κακά, G2556 καρδία G2588 δὲ G1161 εὐθὴς ἐκζητεῖ G1567 γνῶσιν. G1108 [22] Ἐὰν G1437 μαστιγοῖς G3146 ἄφρονα G878 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 συνεδρίου G4892 ἀτιμάζων, G818 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 περιέλῃς G4014 τὴν G3588 ἀφροσύνην G877 αὐτοῦ. G846 [23] Γνωστῶς ἐπιγνώσῃ G1921 ψυχὰς G5590 ποιμνίου G4168 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐπιστήσεις G2186 καρδίαν G2588 σου G4675 σαῖς G4674 ἀγέλαις· G34 [24] ὅτι G3754 οὐ G3756 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 ἀνδρὶ G435 κράτος G2904 καὶ G2532 ἰσχύς, G2479 οὐδὲ G3761 παραδίδωσιν G3860 ἐκ G1537 γενεᾶς G1074 εἰς G1519 γενεάν. G1074 [25] Ἐπιμελοῦ G1959 τῶν G3588 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 πεδίῳ χλωρῶν G5515 καὶ G2532 κερεῖς G2751 πόαν καὶ G2532 σύναγε G4863 χόρτον G5528 ὀρεινόν, G3714 [26] ἵνα G2443 ἔχῃς G2192 πρόβατα G4263 εἰς G1519 ἱματισμόν· G2441 τίμα G5091 πεδίον, ἵνα G2443 ὦσίν G5600 σοι G4671 ἄρνες. G704 [27] Υἱέ, G5207 παρ’ G3844 ἐμοῦ G1699 ἔχεις G2192 ῥήσεις ἰσχυρὰς G2478 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ζωήν G2222 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ζωὴν G2222 σῶν G4674 θεραπόντων. G2324
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 27:20 Originally verses 27:20 and 27:20a.
  2. ‡ 27:21 Originally verses 27:21 and 27:21a.