Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Do not boast thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let someone else praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger and not your own lips.
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 Consider the heaviness of a stone and the weight of sand— the provocation of a fool is heavier than both.
Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, —but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.
4 There is the cruelty of rage and the flood of anger, but who is able to stand before jealousy?
The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?
5 Better is an open rebuke than hidden love.
Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.
6 Faithful are the wounds caused by a friend, but an enemy may kiss you profusely.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.
7 A person who has eaten to the full rejects even a honeycomb, but to the hungry person, every bitter thing is sweet.
The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet.
8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest is a man who strays from where he lives.
As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart rejoice, but the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere counsel.
Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one’s friend, more than fragrant wood.
10 Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away.
Thine own friend and thy father’s friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice; then I will give back an answer to the one who mocks me.
Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.
12 A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, but the naive people go on and suffer because of it.
A prudent man, seeth calamity—he hideth himself, the simple, pass on—they suffer.
13 Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman.
Take a man’s garment when he hath become pledge for a stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.
14 Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning, that blessing will be considered to be a curse!
He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned to him.
15 A quarreling wife is like the constant dripping on a rainy day;
A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, and a contentious wife, are alike:
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or trying to catch oil in your right hand.
He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and, perfume, his right hand may proclaim.
17 Iron sharpens iron; in the same way, a man sharpens his friend.
Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.
18 The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and the one who protects his master will be honored.
He that guardeth the fig-tree, shall eat the fruit thereof, and, he that watcheth over his master, shall be honoured.
19 Just as water reflects a person's face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
As in water, face [answereth] to face, so, the heart of man to man.
20 Just as Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, so a man's eyes are never satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold; and a person is tested when he is praised.
Fining pot for silver, and crucible for gold, and, a man, [is to be tried] by what he praiseth.
22 Even if you crush a fool with the pestle—along with the grain— yet his foolishness will not leave him.
Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.
23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks and be concerned about your herds,
Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;
24 for wealth is not forever. Does a crown endure for all generations?
For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation: —
25 You should know when the hay is gone and the new growth appears, and the time when the grass from the hills is gathered in.
The grass, is taken away, and the young shoot, showeth itself, and the herbage of the mountains, is gathered;
26 Those lambs will provide your clothing and the goats will provide the price of the field.
There are, lambs, for thy clothing, and, for the price of thy field, there are he-goats;
27 There will be goats' milk for your food—the food for your household— and nourishment for your servant girls.
With, enough goats-milk, for thy food—for the food of thy household, and, a maintenance, for thy maidens.
