Proverbs 23
1 If you will sit down to eat with a ruler carefully you will consider [that] which [is] before you.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,
2 And you will put a knife in throat your if [are] a master of appetite you.
and put a knife to your throat if you are a person who likes to eat a lot of food.
3 May not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his and it [is] food of lies.
Do not crave his delicacies, for it is the food of lies.
4 May not you labor to gain riches from understanding your cease.
Do not work too hard to gain wealth; be wise enough to know when to stop.
5 (¿ Do you cause to fly *Q(K)*) eyes your on it and there not [is] it for certainly it makes for itself wings like an eagle (it flies away *Q(K)*) the heavens.
Will you let your eyes light upon it? It will be gone, for it will surely take up wings like an eagle and fly off to the sky.
6 May not you eat [the] food of a [person] evil of eye and may not (you crave *Q(K)*) for dainties his.
Do not eat the food of one with an evil eye— and do not crave his delicacies,
7 For - as he calculates in self his [is] so he eat and drink he says to you and heart his not [is] with you.
for he is the kind of man who counts the price of the food. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 Morsel your [which] you have eaten you will vomit up it and you will spoil words your pleasant.
You will vomit up the little you have eaten and you will have wasted your compliments.
9 In [the] ears of a fool may not you speak for he will despise [the] insight of words your.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 May not you displace a boundary of antiquity and in [the] fields of fatherless ones may not you go.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of orphans,
11 For redeemer their [is] strong he he will conduct case their with you.
for their Redeemer is strong and he will plead their case against you.
12 Bring! to discipline heart your and ears your to words of knowledge.
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 May not you withhold from a youth discipline for you will strike him with the rod not he will die.
Do not withhold instruction from a child, for if you discipline him, he will not die.
It is you who must beat him with the rod and save his soul from Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
15 O son my if it is wise heart your it will rejoice heart my also I.
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad;
16 So they may rejoice kidneys my when speak lips your uprightness.
my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 May not it be jealous heart of your sinners that except in [the] fear of Yahweh all the day.
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of Yahweh all the day.
18 That except there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
Surely there is a future and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Listen O you son my and be wise and guide in the way heart your.
Hear—you!—my son, and be wise and direct your heart in the way.
20 May not you be among drunkards of wine among gluttons of meat themselves.
Do not associate with drunkards, or with gluttonous eaters of meat,
21 For a drunkard and a glutton he will become impoverished and rags it will clothe [them] drowsiness.
for the drunkard and the glutton become poor and slumber will clothe them with rags.
22 Listen to father your who he begot you and may not you despise if she is old mother your.
Listen to your father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Truth buy and may not you sell [it] wisdom and discipline and understanding.
Buy the truth, but do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 (Certainly he rejoices *Q(k)*) [the] father of a righteous [son] (and [one who] begets *Q(K)*) a wise [son] (he rejoices *Q(K)*) in him.
The father of the righteous person will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child will be glad in him.
25 May he rejoice father your and mother your and may she rejoice [the] [one who] bore you.
Let your father and your mother be glad and let her who bore you rejoice.
26 Give! O son my heart your to me and eyes your ways my (let them observe. *Q(K)*)
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For [is] a pit deep a prostitute and [is] a well narrow a foreign [woman].
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an immoral woman is a narrow well.
28 Also she like a robber she lies in wait and treacherous [people] among humankind she increases.
She lies in wait like a robber and she increases the number of the treacherous among humanity.
29 [belongs] to Whom? woe [belongs] to whom? woe! [belong] to whom? (contentions *Q(K)*) [belongs] to whom? complaint [belong] to whom? wounds without cause [belongs] to whom? dullness of eyes.
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fights? Who has complaining? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 To [those who] delay over the wine to [those who] go to examine mixed wine.
Those who linger over wine, those who try the mixed wine.
31 May not you see wine for it will be red if it will give (in the cup *Q(K)*) eye its it will go with smoothness.
Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32 End its like a snake it will bite and like a viper it will sting.
In the last it bites like a serpent and it stings like an adder.
33 Eyes your they will see strange [things] and heart your it will speak perverse things.
Your eyes will see strange things and your heart will utter perverse things.
34 And you will be like [one who] lies down in [the] heart of [the] sea and like [one who] lies down at [the] top of a mast.
You will be as one who sleeps on the high seas or lies on the top of a mast.
35 They struck me not I am sick they beat me not I know when? will I awake I will repeat I will seek it again.
“They hit me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt. They beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up? I will seek another drink.”
