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World English Bible Classic
[1] My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
[2] you are trapped by the words of your mouth;
you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
[3] Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
Go, humble yourself.
Press your plea with your neighbor.
[4] Give no sleep to your eyes,
nor slumber to your eyelids.
[5] Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler. [6] Go to the ant, you sluggard.
Consider her ways, and be wise;
[7] which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
[8] provides her bread in the summer,
and gathers her food in the harvest.
[9] How long will you sleep, sluggard?
When will you arise out of your sleep?
[10] A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep—
[11] so your poverty will come as a robber,
and your scarcity as an armed man. [12] A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
[13] who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
who motions with his fingers,
[14] in whose heart is perverseness,
who devises evil continually,
who always sows discord.
[15] Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.
He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. [16] There are six things which Yahweh hates;
yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
[17] arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
[18] a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are swift in running to mischief,
[19] a false witness who utters lies,
and he who sows discord among brothers. [20] My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
[21] Bind them continually on your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
[22] When you walk, it will lead you.
When you sleep, it will watch over you.
When you awake, it will talk with you.
[23] For the commandment is a lamp,
and the law is light.
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
[24] to keep you from the immoral woman,
from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
[25] Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,
neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
[26] For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
[27] Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
and his clothes not be burned?
[28] Or can one walk on hot coals,
and his feet not be scorched?
[29] So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife.
Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
[30] Men don’t despise a thief
if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
[31] but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
He shall give all the wealth of his house.
[32] He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding.
He who does it destroys his own soul.
[33] He will get wounds and dishonor.
His reproach will not be wiped away.
[34] For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.
He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
[35] He won’t regard any ransom,
neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
King James Version
[1] My son, H1121 if thou be surety H6148 for thy friend, H7453
If thou hast stricken H8628 thy hand H3709 with a stranger, H2114
[2] Thou art snared H3369 with the words H561 of thy mouth, H6310
Thou art taken H3920 with the words H561 of thy mouth. H6310
[3] Do H6213 this H2063 now, H645 my son, H1121 and deliver H5337 thyself,
When thou art come H935 into the hand H3709 of thy friend; H7453
Go, H3212 humble H7511 thyself, and make sure H7292 thy friend. H7453§
[4] Give H5414 not H408 sleep H8142 to thine eyes, H5869
Nor slumber H8572 to thine eyelids. H6079
[5] Deliver H5337 thyself as a roe H6643 from the hand H3027 of the hunter,
And as a bird H6833 from the hand H3027 of the fowler. H3353
[6] Go H3212 to the ant, H5244 thou sluggard; H6102
Consider H7200 her ways, H1870 and be wise: H2449
[7] Which H834 having no guide, H7101
Overseer, H7860 or ruler, H4910
[8] Provideth H3559 her meat H3899 in the summer, H7019
And gathereth H103 her food H3978 in the harvest. H7105
[9] How long wilt thou sleep, H7901 O sluggard? H6102
When wilt thou arise H6965 out of thy sleep? H8142
[10] Yet a little H4592 sleep, H8142 a little H4592 slumber, H8572
A little H4592 folding H2264 of the hands H3027 to sleep: H7901
[11] So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 as one that travelleth, H1980
And thy want H4270 as an armed H4043 man. H376
[12] A naughty H1100 person, H120 a wicked H205 man, H376
Walketh H1980 with a froward H6143 mouth. H6310
[13] He winketh H7169 with his eyes, H5869 he speaketh H4448 with his feet, H7272
He teacheth H3384 with his fingers; H676
[14] Frowardness H8419 is in his heart, H3820 he deviseth H2790 mischief H7451 continually; H6256
He soweth H7971§ discord. H4066 H4090
[15] Therefore shall his calamity H343 come H935 suddenly; H6597
Suddenly H6621 shall he be broken H7665 without remedy. H4832
[16] These six H8337 things doth the Lord H3068 hate: H8130
Yea, seven H7651 are an abomination H8441 unto him: H5315§
[17] A proud H7311 look, H5869§ a lying H8267 tongue, H3956
And hands H3027 that shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood, H1818
[18] An heart H3820 that deviseth H2790 wicked H205 imaginations, H4284
Feet H7272 that be swift H4116 in running H7323 to mischief, H7451
[19] A false H8267 witness H5707 that speaketh H6315 lies, H3577
And he that soweth H7971 discord H4090 among brethren. H251
[20] My son, H1121 keep H5341 thy father’s H1 commandment, H4687
And forsake H5203 not H408 the law H8451 of thy mother: H517
[21] Bind H7194 them continually H8548 upon H5921 thine heart, H3820
And tie H6029 them about thy neck. H1621
[22] When thou goest, H1980 it shall lead H5148 thee;
When thou sleepest, H7901 it shall keep H8104 thee;
And when thou awakest, H6974 it shall talk H7878 with thee.
[23] For H3588 the commandment H4687 is a lamp; H5216§ and the law H8451 is light; H216
And reproofs H8433 of instruction H4148 are the way H1870 of life: H2416
[24] To keep H8104 thee from the evil H7451 woman, H802
From the flattery H2513 of the tongue H3956 of a strange woman. H5237§
[25] Lust H2530 not H408 after her beauty H3308 in thine heart; H3824
Neither let her take H3947 thee with her eyelids. H6079
[26] For by means of H1157 a whorish H2181 woman H802 a man is brought to a piece H3603 of bread: H3899
And the adulteress H802§ H376 will hunt H6679 for the precious H3368 life. H5315
[27] Can a man H376 take H2846 fire H784 in his bosom, H2436
And his clothes H899 not H3808 be burned? H8313
[28] Can one H376 go H1980 upon H5921 hot coals, H1513
And his feet H7272 not H3808 be burned? H3554
[29] So H3651 he that goeth in H935 to his neighbour’s H7453 wife; H802
Whosoever toucheth H5060 her shall not be innocent. H5352
[30] Men do not despise H936 a thief, H1590 if he steal H1589
To satisfy H4390 his soul H5315 when he is hungry; H7456
[31] But if he be found, H4672 he shall restore H7999 sevenfold; H7659
He shall give H5414 all H3605 the substance H1952 of his house. H1004
[32] But whoso committeth adultery H5003 with a woman H802 lacketh H2638 understanding: H3820§
He that doeth H6213 it destroyeth H7843 his own soul. H5315
[33] A wound H5061 and dishonour H7036 shall he get; H4672
And his reproach H2781 shall H4229 not H3808 be wiped away. H4229
[34] For H3588 jealousy H7068 is the rage H2534 of a man: H1397
Therefore he will not spare H2550 in the day H3117 of vengeance. H5359
[35] He will H5375 not H3808 regard H5375 H6440 any ransom; H3724§
Neither will he rest content, H14 though thou givest many H7235 gifts. H7810

Footnotes

  1. § 6:3 Or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend
  2. § 6:14 Heb. casteth forth
  3. § 6:16 Heb. of his soul
  4. § 6:17 Heb. haughty eyes
  5. § 6:23 Or, candle
  6. § 6:24 Or, of the strange tongue
  7. § 6:26 Heb. the woman of a man, or a mans wife
  8. § 6:32 Heb. heart
  9. § 6:35 Heb. he will not accept the face of any ransom
Septuaginta
[1] Υἱέ, G5207 ἐὰν G1437 ἐγγυήσῃ σὸν G4674 φίλον, G5384 παραδώσεις G3860 σὴν G4674 χεῖρα G5495 ἐχθρῷ· G2190 [2] παγὶς G3803 γὰρ G1063 ἰσχυρὰ G2478 ἀνδρὶ G435 τὰ G3588 ἴδια G2398 χείλη, G5491 καὶ G2532 ἁλίσκεται χείλεσιν G5491 ἰδίου G2398 στόματος. G4750 [3] Ποίει, G4160 υἱέ, G5207 ἃ G3739 ἐγώ G1473 σοι G4671 ἐντέλλομαι, G1781 καὶ G2532 σῴζου G4982 —ἥκεις G2240 γὰρ G1063 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 κακῶν G2556 διὰ G1223 σὸν G4674 φίλον G5384 —ἴθι μὴ G3361 ἐκλυόμενος, G1590 παρόξυνε G3947 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 φίλον G5384 σου, G4675 ὃν G3739 ἐνεγυήσω· [4] μὴ G3361 δῷς G1325 ὕπνον G5258 σοῖς G4674 ὄμμασιν G3659 μηδὲ G3366 ἐπινυστάξῃς σοῖς G4674 βλεφάροις, [5] ἵνα G2443 σῴζῃ G4982 ὥσπερ G5618 δορκὰς ἐκ G1537 βρόχων G1029 καὶ G2532 ὥσπερ G5618 ὄρνεον G3732 ἐκ G1537 παγίδος. G3803 [6] Ἴθι πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 μύρμηκα, ὦ G5599 ὀκνηρέ, G3636 καὶ G2532 ζήλωσον G2206 ἰδὼν G1492 τὰς G3588 ὁδοὺς G3598 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 γενοῦ G1096 ἐκείνου G1565 σοφώτερος· G4680 [7] ἐκείνῳ G1565 γὰρ G1063 γεωργίου G1091 μὴ G3361 ὑπάρχοντος G5225 μηδὲ G3366 τὸν G3588 ἀναγκάζοντα G315 ἔχων G2192 μηδὲ G3366 ὑπὸ G5259 δεσπότην G1203 ὢν G5607 [8] ‡ἑτοιμάζεται G2090 θέρους G2330 τὴν G3588 τροφὴν G5160 πολλήν G4183 τε G5037 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἀμήτῳ ποιεῖται G4160 τὴν G3588 παράθεσιν. ἢ G2228 πορεύθητι G4198 πρὸς G4314 τὴν G3588 μέλισσαν καὶ G2532 μάθε G3129 ὡς G5613 ἐργάτις ἐστὶν G2076 τήν G3588 τε G5037 ἐργασίαν G2039 ὡς G5613 σεμνὴν G4586 ποιεῖται, G4160 ἧς G3739 τοὺς G3588 πόνους G4192 βασιλεῖς G935 καὶ G2532 ἰδιῶται G2399 πρὸς G4314 ὑγίειαν προσφέρονται, G4374 ποθεινὴ δέ G1161 ἐστιν G2076 πᾶσιν G3956 καὶ G2532 ἐπίδοξος· καίπερ G2539 οὖσα G5607 τῇ G3588 ῥώμῃ ἀσθενής, G772 τὴν G3588 σοφίαν G4678 τιμήσασα G5091 προήχθη. G4254 [9] Ἕως G2193 τίνος, G5101 ὀκνηρέ, G3636 κατάκεισαι; G2621 Πότε G4219 δὲ G1161 ἐξ G1537 ὕπνου G5258 ἐγερθήσῃ; G1453 [10] Ὀλίγον G3641 μὲν G3303 ὑπνοῖς, ὀλίγον G3641 δὲ G1161 κάθησαι, G2521 μικρὸν G3397 δὲ G1161 νυστάζεις, G3573 ὀλίγον G3641 δὲ G1161 ἐναγκαλίζῃ G1723 χερσὶν G5495 στήθη· G4738 [11] ‡εἶτ’ G1534 ἐμπαραγίνεταί σοι G4671 ὥσπερ G5618 κακὸς G2556 ὁδοιπόρος ἡ G3588 πενία καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ἔνδεια ὥσπερ G5618 ἀγαθὸς G18 δρομεύς. ἐὰν G1437 δὲ G1161 ἄοκνος ᾖς, G5600 ἥξει G2240 ὥσπερ G5618 πηγὴ G4077 ὁ G3588 ἀμητός σου, G4675 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἔνδεια ὥσπερ G5618 κακὸς G2556 δρομεὺς ἀπαυτομολήσει. [12] Ἀνὴρ G435 ἄφρων G878 καὶ G2532 παράνομος πορεύεται G4198 ὁδοὺς G3598 οὐκ G3756 ἀγαθάς· G18 [13] ὁ G3588 δ’ G1161 αὐτὸς G846 ἐννεύει G1770 ὀφθαλμῷ, G3788 σημαίνει G4591 δὲ G1161 ποδί, G4228 διδάσκει G1321 δὲ G1161 ἐννεύμασιν δακτύλων, G1147 [14] διεστραμμένῃ G1294 δὲ G1161 καρδίᾳ G2588 τεκταίνεται κακὰ G2556 ἐν G1722 παντὶ G3956 καιρῷ· G2540 ὁ G3588 τοιοῦτος G5108 ταραχὰς G5016 συνίστησιν G4921 πόλει. G4172 [15] Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 ἐξαπίνης ἔρχεται G2064 ἡ G3588 ἀπώλεια G684 αὐτοῦ, G846 διακοπὴ καὶ G2532 συντριβὴ ἀνίατος. [16] Ὅτι G3754 χαίρει G5463 πᾶσιν, G3956 οἷς G3739 μισεῖ G3404 ὁ G3588 κύριος, G2962 συντρίβεται G4937 δὲ G1161 δι’ G1223 ἀκαθαρσίαν G167 ψυχῆς· G5590 [17] ὀφθαλμὸς G3788 ὑβριστοῦ, G5197 γλῶσσα G1100 ἄδικος, G94 χεῖρες G5495 ἐκχέουσαι G1632 αἷμα G129 δικαίου G1342 [18] καὶ G2532 καρδία G2588 τεκταινομένη λογισμοὺς G3053 κακοὺς G2556 καὶ G2532 πόδες G4228 ἐπισπεύδοντες κακοποιεῖν· G2554 [19] ἐκκαίει G1572 ψεύδη G5579 μάρτυς G3144 ἄδικος G94 καὶ G2532 ἐπιπέμπει κρίσεις G2920 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 ἀδελφῶν. G80 [20] Υἱέ, G5207 φύλασσε G5442 νόμους G3551 πατρός G3962 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἀπώσῃ G683 θεσμοὺς μητρός G3384 σου· G4675 [21] ἄφαψαι δὲ G1161 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐπὶ G1909 σῇ G4674 ψυχῇ G5590 διὰ G1223 παντὸς G3956 καὶ G2532 ἐγκλοίωσαι ἐπὶ G1909 σῷ G4674 τραχήλῳ. G5137 [22] Ἡνίκα G2259 ἂν G302 περιπατῇς, G4043 ἐπάγου G1863 αὐτήν, G846 καὶ G2532 μετὰ G3326 σοῦ G4675 ἔστω· G2077 ὡς G5613 δ’ G1161 ἂν G302 καθεύδῃς, G2518 φυλασσέτω G5442 σε, G4571 ἵνα G2443 ἐγειρομένῳ G1453 συλλαλῇ G4814 σοι· G4671 [23] ὅτι G3754 λύχνος G3088 ἐντολὴ G1785 νόμου G3551 καὶ G2532 φῶς, G5457 καὶ G2532 ὁδὸς G3598 ζωῆς G2222 ἔλεγχος G1650 καὶ G2532 παιδεία G3809 [24] τοῦ G3588 διαφυλάσσειν G1314 σε G4571 ἀπὸ G575 γυναικὸς G1135 ὑπάνδρου G5220 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 διαβολῆς γλώσσης G1100 ἀλλοτρίας. G245 [25] Μή G3361 σε G4571 νικήσῃ G3528 κάλλους ἐπιθυμία, G1939 μηδὲ G3366 ἀγρευθῇς G64 σοῖς G4674 ὀφθαλμοῖς G3788 μηδὲ G3366 συναρπασθῇς G4884 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 αὐτῆς G846 βλεφάρων· [26] τιμὴ G5092 γὰρ G1063 πόρνης G4204 ὅση G3745 καὶ G2532 ἑνὸς G1520 ἄρτου, G740 γυνὴ G1135 δὲ G1161 ἀνδρῶν G435 τιμίας G5093 ψυχὰς G5590 ἀγρεύει. G64 [27] Ἀποδήσει τις G5100 πῦρ G4442 ἐν G1722 κόλπῳ, G2859 τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἱμάτια G2440 οὐ G3756 κατακαύσει; G2618 [28] Ἢ G2228 περιπατήσει G4043 τις G5100 ἐπ’ G1909 ἀνθράκων G440 πυρός, G4442 τοὺς G3588 δὲ G1161 πόδας G4228 οὐ G3756 κατακαύσει; G2618 [29] Οὕτως G3779 ὁ G3588 εἰσελθὼν G1525 πρὸς G4314 γυναῖκα G1135 ὕπανδρον, G5220 οὐκ G3756 ἀθῳωθήσεται οὐδὲ G3761 πᾶς G3956 ὁ G3588 ἁπτόμενος G680 αὐτῆς. G846 [30] Οὐ G3756 θαυμαστὸν G2298 ἐὰν G1437 ἁλῷ τις G5100 κλέπτων, G2813 κλέπτει G2813 γὰρ G1063 ἵνα G2443 ἐμπλήσῃ G1705 τὴν G3588 ψυχὴν G5590 πεινῶν· G3983 [31] ἐὰν G1437 δὲ G1161 ἁλῷ, ἀποτείσει G661 ἑπταπλάσια καὶ G2532 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ὑπάρχοντα G5225 αὐτοῦ G846 δοὺς G1325 ῥύσεται G4506 ἑαυτόν. G1438 [32] Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 μοιχὸς G3432 δι’ G1223 ἔνδειαν φρενῶν G5424 ἀπώλειαν G684 τῇ G3588 ψυχῇ G5590 αὐτοῦ G846 περιποιεῖται, G4046 [33] ὀδύνας G3601 τε G5037 καὶ G2532 ἀτιμίας G819 ὑποφέρει, G5297 τὸ G3588 δὲ G1161 ὄνειδος G3681 αὐτοῦ G846 οὐκ G3756 ἐξαλειφθήσεται G1813 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα. G165 [34] Μεστὸς G3324 γὰρ G1063 ζήλου G2205 θυμὸς G2372 ἀνδρὸς G435 αὐτῆς· G846 οὐ G3756 φείσεται G5339 ἐν G1722 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 κρίσεως, G2920 [35] οὐκ G3756 ἀνταλλάξεται οὐδενὸς G3762 λύτρου G3083 τὴν G3588 ἔχθραν G2189 οὐδὲ G3761 μὴ G3361 διαλυθῇ G1262 πολλῶν G4183 δώρων. G1435
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 6:8 Originally verses 6:8 and 6:8a–c.
  2. ‡ 6:11 Originally verses 6:11 and 6:11a.