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Warnings against Foolishness
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
Parental Counsel
My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
Have given a pledge for a stranger,
My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
Have given a pledge for a stranger,
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.
Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,
Observe her ways and be wise,
provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
Prepares her food in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest.
And gathers her provision in the harvest.
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
When will you arise from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
“A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest” —
A little folding of the hands to rest” —
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
Your poverty will come in like a vagabond
And your need like an armed man.
And your need like an armed man.
A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
Who points with his fingers;
Who points with his fingers;
deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,
Who spreads strife.
Who spreads strife.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly;
Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
There are six things which the LORD hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
And hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
Feet that run rapidly to evil,
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
A false witness who utters lies,
And one who spreads strife among brothers.
And one who spreads strife among brothers.
Warnings against Adultery
My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
Tie them around your neck.
when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
When you walk about, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?
And his clothes not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
And his feet not be scorched?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold;
He must give all the substance of his house.
He must give all the substance of his house.
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense;
He who would destroy himself does it.
He who would destroy himself does it.
A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach will not be blotted out.
And his reproach will not be blotted out.
For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
For jealousy enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.