Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.
2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
Let others praise you, not you yourself; someone else, not you personally.
3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
Stone may be heavy, and sand may weigh a lot, but the annoyance caused by stupid people is the biggest burden of all.
4 Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
5 Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
Open criticism is better than hidden love.
6 The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
A friend's honest comments may hurt you, but an enemy's kisses are over the top.
7 The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
If you're full up, you can't face honey; but if you're starving, even bitter food tastes sweet.
8 As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
Having to leave home is like a bird having to leave its nest.
9 As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
Perfume and scented oils make you feel happy, but good advice from a friend is even better.
10 Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
Don't give up on your friends or your family's friends. Don't go to a relative's house when you've got trouble. A friend nearby is more useful than a relative far away.
11 My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
My son, make me happy by being wise, so I can respond to anyone who criticizes me.
12 A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
If you're sensible you see danger coming and get out of the way; but stupid people just keep going and suffer the consequences.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
If someone guarantees a stranger's debt with their cloak, be sure to take it! Make sure you have whatever is pledged to an immoral woman!
14 He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
If when you get up every morning you shout a loud hello to your neighbors, they will see that as a curse!
15 A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
An argumentative wife is as irritating as constant dripping on a rainy day.
16 He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
Trying to stop her is like trying to make the wind stop or trying to hold olive oil in your hand.
17 Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
An iron blade is sharpened with an iron tool, and one person's mind is sharpened by another's.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Just as water reflects your face, your mind reflects who you really are.
20 The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
Just as a crucible tests silver, and a furnace tests gold, people are tested by the praise they receive.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
Even if you ground stupid people in a mortar, crushing them like grain with the pestle, you can't get rid of stupidity from them.
23 Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
You should know the condition of your flocks really well and take good care of your herds,
24 For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
for wealth doesn't last forever—is a crown passed down through all generations?
25 The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
Once the hay is cut, and the new growth begins, and fodder from the mountains is gathered,
26 The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
and the lambs have provided you wool to make clothing, and the sale of goats have paid for a field,
27 And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
there'll be enough milk from your goats to feed you, your family, and your servant girls.
