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| [1]As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool. |
[1]Lyke as snowe is [not meete] in sommer and rayne in haruest: euen so is worship vnseemely for a foole |
| [2]As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come. |
[2]As the byrde and the swalowe take their flight and flee here and there: so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shall not light vpon a man |
| [3]A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools. |
[3]Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe |
| [4]Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou. |
[4]Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him |
| [5]Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. |
[5]But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt |
| [6]He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool. |
[6][As he that] cutteth of [his messengers] feete endamageth himselfe: so doth he that committeth a message to a foole |
| [7]Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools. |
[7]Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth |
| [8]As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool. |
[8]He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie, that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling |
| [9]A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools. |
[9]As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth |
| [10]Great [is] the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors. |
[10]The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours |
| [11]As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly. |
[11]Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite: euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe |
| [12]Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him! |
[12]If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym |
| [13]The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.' |
[13]The slouthfull saith, there is a lion in the way, and a lion in the middest of the streates |
| [14]The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed. |
[14]Like as the doore turneth about vpon the hynges: euen so doth the slouthfull walter him selfe in his bed |
| [15]The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth. |
[15]The slouthfull body thrusteth his hande into his bosome, and it greeueth hym to put it agayne to his mouth |
| [16]Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason. |
[16]The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache |
| [17]Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own. |
[17]Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares |
| [18]As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, |
[18]As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes |
| [19]So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?' |
[19]So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport |
| [20]Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth, |
[20]Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth |
| [21]Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife. |
[21]As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce |
| [22]The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart. |
[22]A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body |
| [23]Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart. |
[23]Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse |
| [24]By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, |
[24]An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart |
| [25]When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart. |
[25]But when he speaketh fayre, beleue hym not: for there are seuen abhominations in his heart |
| [26]Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly. |
[26]Hatred maye be couered by deceipt: but the malice therof shalbe shewed before the whole congregation |
| [27]Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. |
[27]Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym |
| [28]A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow! |
[28]A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe |