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Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.
for you do not know what a day may bring.
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.
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
an outsider, and not your own lips.
an outsider, and not your own lips.
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,
but who can stand before jealousy?
but who can stand before jealousy?
Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
One who is full loathes honey from the comb,
but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Like a bird that flees its nest
is anyone who flees from home.
is anyone who flees from home.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.
and the pleasantness of a friend
springs from their heartfelt advice.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you —
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you —
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
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.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart;
then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse.
it will be taken as a curse.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping
of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
restraining her is like restraining the wind
or grasping oil with the hand.
or grasping oil with the hand.
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another.
so one person sharpens another.
Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and whoever protects their master will be honored.
and whoever protects their master will be honored.
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but people are tested by their praise.
but people are tested by their praise.
The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks,
give careful attention to your herds;
give careful attention to your herds;
Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
for riches do not endure forever,
and a crown is not secure for all generations.
and a crown is not secure for all generations.
for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
When the hay is removed and new growth appears
and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
the lambs will provide you with clothing,
and the goats with the price of a field.
and the goats with the price of a field.
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;