Proverbs 6
1 My son! If you have been guarantor for your friend, Have struck your hand for a stranger,
My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
2 Have been snared with sayings of your mouth, Have been captured with sayings of your mouth,
Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For you have come into the hand of your friend. Go, trample on yourself, and strengthen your friend,
Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,
4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, And slumber to your eyelids,
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
5 Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
6 Go to the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
7 Which has no captain, overseer, and ruler,
Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,
8 She prepares her bread in summer, She has gathered her food in harvest.
She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
9 Until when, O slothful one, do you lie? When do you arise from your sleep?
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
11 And your poverty has come as a traveler, And your want as an armed man.
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
12 A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
13 Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
14 Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, He sends forth contentions.
Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
15 Therefore his calamity comes suddenly, He is broken instantly—and no healing.
Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.
16 These six has YHWH hated, Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
17 High eyes, False tongues, And hands shedding innocent blood,
Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —
18 A heart devising thoughts of vanity, Feet hastening to run to evil,
A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —
19 A false witness [who] breathes out lies, And one sending forth contentions between brothers.
A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
20 Keep, my son, the command of your father, And do not leave the law of your mother.
Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
21 Bind them on your heart continually, Tie them on your neck.
Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
22 In your going up and down, it leads you, In your lying down, it watches over you, And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.
In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked — it talketh [with] thee.
23 For the command [is] a lamp, And the Law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
24 To preserve you from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, And do not let her take you with her eyelids.
Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
26 For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
27 Does a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burned?
Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
28 Does a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
29 So [is] he who has gone in to the wife of his neighbor, None who touches her is innocent.
So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.
30 They do not despise the thief, When he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry,
They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,
31 And being found he repays sevenfold, He gives all the substance of his house.
And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
32 He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, He who does it is destroying his soul.
He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
33 He finds a stroke and shame, And his reproach is not wiped away,
A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,
34 For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.
For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.
35 He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, Indeed, he does not consent, Though you multiply bribes!
He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
