< Proverbs 27 >
1 May not you boast in a day tomorrow for not you know what? will it bring forth a day.
Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
2 May he praise you a stranger and not own mouth your a foreigner and may not own lips your.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 [the] heaviness of A stone and [the] weight of sand and [the] provocation of a fool [is] heavy more than both of them.
A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 [the] cruelty of Rage and [the] flood of anger and who? will he stand before jealousy.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 [is] good Rebuke uncovered more than love hidden.
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 [are] reliable [the] wounds of [one who] loves And [are] abundant [the] kisses of [one who] hates.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 An appetite satisfied it treads down honey and an appetite hungry every bitter [thing] [is] sweet.
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird [which] wanders from nest its so a person [who] wanders from own place his.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Oil and perfume it makes glad a heart and [the] sweetness of friend his more than [the] counsel of a person.
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
10 Friend your (and [the] neighbor of *Q(K)*) father your may not you forsake and [the] house of brother your may not you go on [the] day of calamity your [is] good a neighbor near more than a brother far away.
Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend. Do not go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
11 Be wise O son my and make glad heart my so let me bring back [one who] taunts me a word.
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12 A sensible [person] he sees evil he hides himself naive people they pass on they are punished.
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Take garment his for he stands surety for a stranger and for a foreign [woman] hold in pledge it.
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman.
14 [one who] blesses Neighbor his - with a voice great in the morning rising early a curse it is reckoned to him.
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
15 A dripping continuous on a day of persistent rain and a wife of (contentions *Q(K)*) she is like.
A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16 [those who] hide Her he hides [the] wind and oil right [hand] his it meets.
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 Iron by iron it grows sharp and each he sharpens [the] face of neighbor his.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.
18 [one who] keeps A fig tree he will eat fruit its and [one who] protects master his he will be honored.
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 Like water the face to the face so [the] heart of the person to the person.
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
20 Sheol (and destruction its *Q(K)*) not they are satisfied and [the] eyes of person not they are satisfied. (Sheol )
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied. (Sheol )
21 A crucible for silver and a smelting furnace for gold and a person to [the] mouth of praise his.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
22 If you will pound the fool - in mortar in among the grain with the pestle not it will depart from with him foolishness his.
Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Certainly you will know [the] face of flock your set heart your to [the] herds.
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:
24 For not [is] for ever wealth and if a crown to a generation (and a generation. *Q(K)*)
for riches are not forever, nor does even the crown endure to all generations.
25 It disappears grass and it appears grass and they are gathered [the] vegetation of [the] mountains.
The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 Lambs [are] for clothing your and [the] price of a field goats.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
27 And a sufficiency of - [the] milk of goats for food your for [the] food of household your and life of maids your.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.