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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;
On Life and Conduct
When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,
When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,
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 a man of great appetite.
If you are a man of great appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food.
For it is deceptive food.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.
Cease from your consideration of it.
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 you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
Or desire his delicacies;
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.
For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But his heart is not with you.
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,
And waste your compliments.
And waste your compliments.
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 wisdom of your words.
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Do not move the ancient boundary
Or go into the fields of the fatherless,
Or go into 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 case against you.
He will plead their case against you.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to discipline
And your ears to words of knowledge.
And your ears to words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Do not hold back discipline from the child,
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
You shall strike him with the rod
And rescue his soul from Sheol.
And rescue 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 own heart also will be glad;
My own heart also will be glad;
and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
And my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak what is right.
When your lips speak what is right.
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in the fear of the LORD always.
But live in the fear of the LORD always.
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.
Listen, 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.
Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Listen to your father who begot you,
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,
Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Get wisdom and 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,
And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him.
And he who sires 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 your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes delight in my ways.
And let your eyes delight in my ways.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
For a harlot is a deep pit
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
Surely she lurks as a robber,
And increases the faithless among men.
And increases the faithless among men.
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 contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
Who has contentions? 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 linger long over wine,
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Those who go to taste mixed wine.
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
At the last it bites like a serpent
And stings like a viper.
And stings like a viper.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
Your eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things.
And your mind will 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:
And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.