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