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| [1]MY son, if you have become surety for your friend, if you have obligated yourself to a stranger, |
[1]My sonH1121, if thou be suretyH6148[H8804] for thy friendH7453, if thou hast strickenH8628[H8804] thy handH3709 H2114with a strangerH8801 |
| [2]Then you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are caught with the words of your lips. |
[2]Thou art snaredH3369[H8738] with the wordsH561 of thy mouthH6310, thou art takenH3920[H8738] with the wordsH561 of thy mouthH6310. |
| [3]Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself because, for the sake of your friend, you have fallen into the hands of your enemies; go, therefore, and stir up your friend for whom you have become surety to meet his obligation. |
[3]DoH6213[H8798] this nowH645, my sonH1121, and deliverH5337[H8734] thyself, when thou art comeH935[H8804] into the handH3709 of thy friendH7453; goH3212[H8798], humbleH7511[H8690] thyself, and make sureH7292[H8798] thy friendH7453. |
| [4]You shall not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids. |
[4]GiveH5414[H8799] not sleepH8142 to thine eyesH5869, nor slumberH8572 to thine eyelidsH6079. |
| [5]Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the snare, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler |
[5]DeliverH5337[H8734] thyself as a roeH6643 from the handH3027 of the hunter, and as a birdH6833 from the handH3027 of the fowlerH3353. |
| [6]Be like the ant, consider her ways, and be wise; |
[6]GoH3212[H8798] to the antH5244, thou sluggardH6102; considerH7200[H8798] her waysH1870, and be wiseH2449:[H8798] |
| [7]Though having no harvest and no ruler over her, neither any one to guide her, |
[7]Which having no guideH7101, overseerH7860[H8802], H4910or rulerH8802 |
| [8]She provides her bread in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest. |
[8]ProvidethH3559[H8686] her meatH3899 in the summerH7019, and gatherethH103[H8804] her foodH3978 in the harvestH7105. |
| [9]How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? |
[9]How long wilt thou sleepH7901[H8799], O sluggardH6102? when wilt thou ariseH6965[H8799] out of thy sleepH8142? |
| [10]Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands on the chest; |
[10]Yet a littleH4592 sleepH8142, a littleH4592 slumberH8572, a littleH4592 foldingH2264 of the handsH3027 to sleepH7901:[H8800] |
| [11]And then poverty shall come upon you, and distress shall overtake you; become a successful man |
[11]So shall thy povertyH7389 comeH935[H8804] as one that travellethH1980[H8764], and thy wantH4270 as an armedH4043 manH376. |
| [12]A fool, a wicked man, is unscrupulous. |
[12]A naughtyH1100 personH120, a wickedH205 manH376, walkethH1980[H8802] with a frowardH6143 mouthH6310. |
| [13]He winks with his eyes, he signals with his feet, he makes signs with his fingers; |
[13]He winkethH7169[H8802] with his eyesH5869, he speakethH4448[H8802] with his feetH7272, he teachethH3384[H8688] with his fingersH676; |
| [14]He is perverse in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord. |
[14]FrowardnessH8419 is in his heartH3820, he devisethH2790[H8802] mischiefH7451 continuallyH6256; he sowethH7971[H8762] discordH4066[H8675].[H4090] |
| [15]Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly will he be broken without remedy. |
[15]Therefore shall his calamityH343 comeH935[H8799] suddenlyH6597; suddenlyH6621 shall he be brokenH7665[H8735] without remedyH4832. |
| [16]There are six things which the LORD hates; yea, the seventh is an abomination to him: |
[16]These sixH8337 things doth the LORDH3068 hateH8130[H8804]: yea, sevenH7651 are an abominationH8441 unto himH5315: |
| [17]Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. |
[17]A proudH7311[H8802] lookH5869, a lyingH8267 tongueH3956, and handsH3027 that shedH8210[H8802] innocentH5355 bloodH1818, |
| [18]A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
[18]An heartH3820 that devisethH2790[H8802] wickedH205 imaginationsH4284, feetH7272 that be swiftH4116[H8764] in runningH7323[H8800] to mischiefH7451, |
| [19]A false witness who speaks lies, and he who sows discord among brothers |
[19]A falseH8267 witnessH5707 that speakethH6315[H8686] liesH3577, and he that sowethH7971[H8764] discordH4090 among brethrenH251. |
| [20]My son, keep your father's commandment and do not forsake the law of your mother; |
[20]My sonH1121, keepH5341[H8798] thy father'sH1 commandmentH4687, and forsakeH5203[H8799] not the lawH8451 of thy motherH517: |
| [21]Impress them firmly on your heart and tie them about your neck. |
[21]BindH7194[H8798] them continuallyH8548 upon thine heartH3820, and tieH6029[H8798] them about thy neckH1621. |
| [22]When you walk, let them follow you; let them be with you, keep them that they may keep you; and when you awake, meditate on them. |
[22]When thou goestH1980[H8692], it shall leadH5148[H8686] thee; when thou sleepestH7901[H8800], it shall keepH8104[H8799] thee; and when thou awakestH6974[H8689], it shall talkH7878 with theeH8799. |
| [23]For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is a light, and the reproofs of instruction are the way of life, |
[23]For the commandmentH4687 is a lampH5216; and the lawH8451 is lightH216; and reproofsH8433 of instructionH4148 are the wayH1870 of lifeH2416: |
| [24]To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. |
[24]To keepH8104[H8800] thee from the evilH7451 womanH802, from the flatteryH2513 of the tongueH3956 of a strange womanH5237. |
| [25]Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her snare you with her eyes, nor let her captivate you with her eyelids. |
[25]LustH2530[H8799] not after her beautyH3308 in thine heartH3824; neither let her takeH3947[H8799] thee with her eyelidsH6079. |
| [26]For the appearance of a harlot is tempting like a loaf of bread; and the adulteress hunts for the precious life. |
[26]For by means ofH1157 a whorishH2181[H8802] womanH802 a man is brought to a pieceH3603 of breadH3899: and the adulteressH802[H376] will huntH6679[H8799] for the preciousH3368 lifeH5315. |
| [27]Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
[27]Can a manH376 takeH2846[H8799] fireH784 in his bosomH2436, and his clothesH899 not be burnedH8313?[H8735] |
| [28]Can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
[28]Can oneH376 goH1980[H8762] upon hot coalsH1513, and his feetH7272 not be burnedH3554?[H8735] |
| [29]So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife and touches her; he shall not be innocent. |
[29]So he that goeth inH935[H8802] to his neighbour'sH7453 wifeH802; whosoever touchethH5060[H8802] her shall not be innocentH5352.[H8735] |
| [30]No one wonders at a thief when he is caught stealing, for he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry; |
[30]Men do not despiseH936[H8799] a thiefH1590, if he stealH1589[H8799] to satisfyH4390[H8763] his soulH5315 H7456when he is hungryH8799 |
| [31]But if he is caught, he shall pay sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house. |
[31]But if he be foundH4672[H8738], he shall restoreH7999[H8762] sevenfoldH7659; he shall giveH5414[H8799] all the substanceH1952 of his houseH1004. |
| [32]But he who commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding, and he destroys his own soul. |
[32]But whoso committeth adulteryH5003[H8802] with a womanH802 lackethH2638 understandingH3820: he that doethH6213[H8799] it destroyethH7843[H8688] his own soulH5315. |
| [33]And he who does it brings dishonor upon himself; and his reproach shall not be wiped out. |
[33]A woundH5061 and dishonourH7036 shall he getH4672[H8799]; and his reproachH2781 shall not be wiped awayH4229.[H8735] |
| [34]For jealousy provokes a man's rage; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
[34]For jealousyH7068 is the rageH2534 of a manH1397: therefore he will not spareH2550[H8799] in the dayH3117 of vengeanceH5359. |
| [35]He will not regard any ransom; nor will he listen, though you increase the bribe |
[35]He will not regardH5375[H8799][H6440] any ransomH3724; neither will he rest contentH14[H8799], though thou givest manyH7235[H8686] giftsH7810. |