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| [1]BE not envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them, |
[1]Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. |
| [2]For their hearts devise evil and their lips talk of iniquity |
[2]For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak. |
| [3]Through wisdom a house is built; and by understanding it is established; |
[3]By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. |
| [4]And by knowledge the inner chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. |
[4]And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth. |
| [5]A wise man is better than a strong man; yea, a man of knowledge than a mighty man. |
[5]Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power, |
| [6]For by provocation is war waged; and in a multitude of counsels there is salvation |
[6]For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors. |
| [7]Wisdom crushes a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate. |
[7]Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth. |
| [8]He who devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. |
[8]Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts. |
| [9]The thought of a fool is sin; and an abomination of men is evil |
[9]The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner. |
| [10]The wicked shall be driven away by evil in the day of affliction |
[10]Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power, |
| [11]Deliver those who are led away to death, and spare not to redeem those who are held to be slain. |
[11]If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back. |
| [12]If you say, Behold, I did not know it, then know that it is God who searches the thought of the heart; and he who keeps your soul knows it, and shall render to every man according to his works |
[12]When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work. |
| [13]My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste. |
[13]Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate. |
| [14]Thus shall wisdom find your soul; and you will have good prospects, and your hope shall not be cut off |
[14]So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off. |
| [15]Do not devise plots of iniquity in the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place; |
[15]Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place. |
| [16]For a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again; but the wicked shall fall into mischief |
[16]For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil. |
| [17]Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he is overthrown, |
[17]In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful, |
| [18]Lest the LORD see it and it displease him and he turn away his anger from him |
[18]Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger. |
| [19]Do not envy evildoers nor be jealous of the wicked; |
[19]Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked, |
| [20]For there shall be no future for evil men, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out |
[20]For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished. |
| [21]My son, fear the LORD and give good counsel; and meddle not with the fools; |
[21]Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself, |
| [22]For their calamity shall come suddenly; and who knows the end of their years |
[22]For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both -- who knoweth! |
| [23]These things I say to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment, |
[23]These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good. |
| [24]Nor to say to a wicked man, You are righteous; him shall the people curse, and nations shall abhor him. |
[24]Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou [art] righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him. |
| [25]But to those who rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. |
[25]And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing. |
| [26]The people shall kiss the lips of those who give admonition |
[26]Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words. |
| [27]Prepare your work out of doors, and make it ready in the field; and afterwards build your house |
[27]Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house. |
| [28]Be not a false witness against your neighbor; and do not deceive him with your lips. |
[28]Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips. |
| [29]Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to him according to his works |
[29]Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.' |
| [30]I passed by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, |
[30]Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. |
| [31]And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down. |
[31]And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. |
| [32]Then I looked upon it, and considered it well, and I received instruction: |
[32]And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, |
| [33]Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands upon your chest; |
[33]A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. |
| [34]So shall poverty come upon you, and want shall overtake you suddenly like a runner |
[34]And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man! |