< Proverbs 27 >

1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
אַֽל־תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּי לֹֽא־תֵדַע מַה־יֵּלֶד יֽוֹם׃
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא־פִיךָ נׇכְרִי וְאַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.
כֹּֽבֶד־אֶבֶן וְנֵטֶל הַחוֹל וְכַעַס אֱוִיל כָּבֵד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃
4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
אַכְזְרִיּוּת חֵמָה וְשֶׁטֶף אָף וּמִי יַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי קִנְאָֽה׃
5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
טוֹבָה תּוֹכַחַת מְגֻלָּה מֵאַהֲבָה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃
6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
נֶאֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵי אוֹהֵב וְנַעְתָּרוֹת נְשִׁיקוֹת שׂוֹנֵֽא׃
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
נֶפֶשׁ שְׂבֵעָה תָּבוּס נֹפֶת וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה כׇּל־מַר מָתֽוֹק׃
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
כְּצִפּוֹר נוֹדֶדֶת מִן־קִנָּהּ כֵּֽן־אִישׁ נוֹדֵד מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
שֶׁמֶן וּקְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵב וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ מֵעֲצַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
רֵעֲךָ (ורעה) [וְרֵעַ] אָבִיךָ אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹב וּבֵית אָחִיךָ אַל־תָּבוֹא בְּיוֹם אֵידֶךָ טוֹב שָׁכֵן קָרוֹב מֵאָח רָחֽוֹק׃
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
חֲכַם בְּנִי וְשַׂמַּח לִבִּי וְאָשִׁיבָה חֹרְפִי דָבָֽר׃
12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
עָרוּם ׀ רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
קַח־בִּגְדוֹ כִּי־עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נׇכְרִיָּה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ ׀ בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים קְלָלָה תֵּחָשֶׁב לֽוֹ׃
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
דֶּלֶף טוֹרֵד בְּיוֹם סַגְרִיר וְאֵשֶׁת (מדונים) [מִדְיָנִים] נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
צֹפְנֶיהָ צָפַן־רוּחַ וְשֶׁמֶן יְמִינוֹ יִקְרָֽא׃
17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
בַּרְזֶל בְּבַרְזֶל יָחַד וְאִישׁ יַחַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
נֹצֵר תְּאֵנָה יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ וְשֹׁמֵר אֲדֹנָיו יְכֻבָּֽד׃
19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
כַּמַּיִם הַפָּנִים לַפָּנִים כֵּן לֵֽב־הָאָדָם לָאָדָֽם׃
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדֹּה לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה וְעֵינֵי הָאָדָם לֹא תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃ (Sheol h7585)
21 [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וְאִישׁ לְפִי מַהֲלָלֽוֹ׃
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.
אִם תִּכְתּֽוֹשׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִיל ׀ בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ בְּתוֹךְ הָרִיפוֹת בַּעֱלִי לֹא־תָסוּר מֵעָלָיו אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look well to thy herds.
יָדֹעַ תֵּדַע פְּנֵי צֹאנֶךָ שִׁית לִבְּךָ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃
24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure] to every generation?
כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן וְאִם־נֵזֶר לְדוֹר (דור) [וָדֽוֹר]׃
25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
גָּלָה חָצִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶשֶׁא וְנֶאֶסְפוּ עִשְּׂבוֹת הָרִֽים׃
26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the price of the field.
כְּבָשִׂים לִלְבוּשֶׁךָ וּמְחִיר שָׂדֶה עַתּוּדִֽים׃
27 And [thou shalt have] goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.
וְדֵי ׀ חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְֽלַחְמְךָ לְלֶחֶם בֵּיתֶךָ וְחַיִּים לְנַעֲרוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

< Proverbs 27 >