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Consider Diligently what is Before You
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
if you are given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
for they are deceptive food.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.
be discerning enough to desist.
wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
and waste your pleasant words.
Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the good sense of your words.
for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Do not move an ancient landmark
or enter the fields of the fatherless,
or enter the fields of the fatherless,
for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
for their Redeemer is strong;
he will plead their cause against you.
he will plead their cause against you.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction
and your ear to words of knowledge.
and your ear to words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
If you strike him with the rod,
you will save his soul from Sheol.
you will save his soul from Sheol.
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
my heart too will be glad.
and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Surely there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
and your hope will not be cut off.
Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
Hear, my son, and be wise,
and direct your heart in the way.
and direct your heart in the way.
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and slumber will clothe them with rags.
and slumber will clothe them with rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
let her who bore you rejoice.
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
She lies in wait like a robber
and increases the traitors among mankind.
and increases the traitors among mankind.
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
-- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
Those who tarry long over wine;
those who go to try mixed wine.
those who go to try mixed wine.
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Do not look at wine when it is red,
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
when it sparkles in the cup
and goes down smoothly.
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
In the end it bites like a serpent
and stings like an adder.
and stings like an adder.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
Your eyes will see strange things,
and your heart utter perverse things.
and your heart utter perverse things.
and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast: