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Do Not Boast about Tomorrow
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Don’t brag about tomorrow,
since you don’t know what the day will bring.
since you don’t know what the day will bring.
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth —
a stranger, not your own lips.
a stranger, not your own lips.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier.
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood,
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
but jealousy is even more dangerous.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Wounds from a sincere friend
are better than many kisses from an enemy.
are better than many kisses from an enemy.
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
A person who is full refuses honey,
but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.
but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
A person who strays from home
is like a bird that strays from its nest.
is like a bird that strays from its nest.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
The heartfelt counsel of a friend
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
is as sweet as perfume and incense.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Never abandon a friend —
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
either yours or your father’s.
When disaster strikes, you won’t have to ask your brother for assistance.
It’s better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!
will be taken as a curse!
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
as constant dripping on a rainy day.
as constant dripping on a rainy day.
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind
or trying to hold something with greased hands.
or trying to hold something with greased hands.
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
As iron sharpens iron,
so a friend sharpens a friend.
so a friend sharpens a friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit,
so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.
so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person.
so the heart reflects the real person.
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
You cannot separate fools from their foolishness,
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
Know the state of your flocks,
and put your heart into caring for your herds,
and put your heart into caring for your herds,
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
for riches don’t last forever,
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears
and the mountain grasses are gathered in,
and the mountain grasses are gathered in,
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
your sheep will provide wool for clothing,
and your goats will provide the price of a field.
and your goats will provide the price of a field.