Proverbs 22
1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.
More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace.
2 The rich and the poor meet together. Jehovah is the maker of them all.
The rich and the poor, meet together, the maker of them all, is Yahweh.
3 A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.
4 The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches and honor and life.
The reward of humility, is the reverence of Yahweh, riches, and honour, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
Thorns and snares, are in the way of the perverse, —he that guardeth his soul, shall be far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The rich, over the poor, beareth rule, —and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.
8 He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed, —because he hath given of his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Drive away the scoffer, that strife may depart, and quarrel, and contempt may cease.
11 He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips, the king will be his friend.
Yahweh loveth the pure in heart, gracious are his lips, his friend is the king!
12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
The eyes of Yahweh, watch over knowledge, therefore hath he overturned the words of the treacherous.
13 The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
14 The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit. He who is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall in it.
A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.
16 He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, and he who gives to a rich man, comes only to want.
He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee to-day, even to thee.
20 Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:
21 to make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou may carry back words of truth to those who send thee?
To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.
22 Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;
23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.
For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.
24 Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
25 lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Lest thou learn his ways, and take a snare to thy soul.
26 Be thou not one of those who strike hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.
Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
27 If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
29 See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.
