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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;
While dining with a ruler,
pay attention to what is put before you.
pay attention to what is put before you.
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
If you are a big eater,
put a knife to your throat;
put a knife to your throat;
Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
don’t desire all the delicacies,
for he might be trying to trick you.
for he might be trying to trick you.
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.
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.
In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
don’t desire their 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.
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
and your compliments will be wasted.
Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
for they will despise the wisest advice.
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
don’t take the land of defenseless orphans.
for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
listen carefully to words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
Don’t fail to discipline your children.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
The rod of punishment won’t kill them.
thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
Everything in me will celebrate
when you speak what is right.
when you speak what is right.
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
Don’t envy sinners,
but always continue to fear the LORD.
but always continue to fear the LORD.
for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
You will be rewarded for this;
your hope will not be disappointed.
your hope will not be disappointed.
Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
My child, listen and be wise:
Keep your heart on the right course.
Keep your heart on the right course.
Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
Do not carouse with drunkards
or feast with gluttons,
or feast with gluttons,
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
for they are on their way to poverty,
and too much sleep clothes them in rags.
and too much sleep clothes them in 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 don’t despise your mother when she is old.
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
Get the truth and never sell it;
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment.
The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
So give your father and mother joy!
May she who gave you birth be happy.
May she who gave you birth be happy.
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
O my son, give me your heart.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
May your eyes take delight in following my ways.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
A prostitute is a dangerous trap;
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
a promiscuous woman is as dangerous as falling into a narrow well.
She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
She hides and waits like a robber,
eager to make more men unfaithful.
eager to make more men unfaithful.
Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
Who has anguish? Who has sorrow?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?
Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
-- They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns,
trying out new drinks.
trying out new drinks.
Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
For in the end it bites like a poisonous snake;
it stings like a viper.
it stings like a viper.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;
You will see hallucinations,
and you will say crazy things.
and you will say crazy 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:
You will stagger like a sailor tossed at sea,
clinging to a swaying mast.
clinging to a swaying mast.