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| [1]My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, |
[1]My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, |
| [2]Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
[2]Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth, |
| [3]Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. |
[3]Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend, |
| [4]Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids. |
[4]Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, |
| [5]Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
[5]Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler. |
| [6]Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: |
[6]Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; |
| [7]Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, |
[7]Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, |
| [8]Provideth her provisions in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. |
[8]She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food. |
| [9]How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? |
[9]Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? |
| [10]Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: |
[10]A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, |
| [11]So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
[11]And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man. |
| [12]A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. |
[12]A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth, |
| [13]He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; |
[13]Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers, |
| [14]Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. |
[14]Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth. |
| [15]Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. |
[15]Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing. |
| [16]These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him: |
[16]These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul. |
| [17]A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. |
[17]Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood -- |
| [18]A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
[18]A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- |
| [19]A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren. |
[19]A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren. |
| [20]My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: |
[20]Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. |
| [21]Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck. |
[21]Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck. |
| [22]When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. |
[22]In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh [with] thee. |
| [23]For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
[23]For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction, |
| [24]To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. |
[24]To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. |
| [25]Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. |
[25]Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids. |
| [26]For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. |
[26]For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. |
| [27]Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
[27]Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? |
| [28]Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
[28]Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched? |
| [29]So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. |
[29]So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent. |
| [30]Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; |
[30]They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, |
| [31]But if he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house. |
[31]And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. |
| [32]But whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
[32]He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it. |
| [33]A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
[33]A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away, |
| [34]For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
[34]For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance. |
| [35]He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |
[35]He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes! |