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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,
Warnings Against Folly
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
ensnared by 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.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
no 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.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
consider its ways and be wise!
provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
and gathers its food at harvest.
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
When will you get up 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.
and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
and scarcity like an armed man.
A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
who winks maliciously with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
who plots evil with deceit in his heart —
he always stirs up conflict.
he always stirs up conflict.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed — without remedy.
he will suddenly be destroyed — without remedy.
These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
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;
Warning Against Adultery
My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.
fasten 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, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
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 a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
without his clothes being burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
without his feet being scorched?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
whoever does so destroys himself.
A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away.
and his shame will never be wiped away.
For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.