Proverbs 23
1 When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,
When thou sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him who is before thee,
2 And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.
and put a knife to thy throat if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.
Be not desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
4 Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.
Weary not thyself to be rich. Out of thine own wisdom, cease.
5 Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen.
Will thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For it certainly makes itself wings, like an eagle that flies toward heaven.
6 Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
Eat thou not the bread of an evil eye, nor desire thou his dainties.
7 For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
For as he thinks within himself, so is he. Eat and drink, he says to thee, but his heart is not with thee.
8 Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
The morsel which thou have eaten thou shall vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
9 Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.
Speak not in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.
Remove not the ancient landmark. And enter not into the fields of the fatherless,
11 For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.
for their Redeemer is strong. He will plead their cause against thee.
12 Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.
Apply thy heart to instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.
Withhold not correction from the child, for if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Thou shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
15 My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also.
My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine.
16 And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.
Yea, my heart will rejoice when thy lips speak right things.
17 Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lord continually.
Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long.
18 For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
For surely there is a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
19 O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.
20 Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
Be not among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of flesh.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
22 Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde.
Hearken to thy father who begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23 Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.
Buy the truth, and do not sell it, yea, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise son will have joy of him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her who bore thee rejoice.
26 My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.
For a harlot is a deep ditch, and an interloping woman is a narrow pit.
28 Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.
Yea, she lies in wait as a robber, and increases the treacherous among men.
29 To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes?
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
30 Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine.
Those who tarry long at the wine. Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
31 Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
32 In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.
At the end it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
34 And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.
Yea, thou shall be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he who lies upon the top of a mast.
35 They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.
They have stricken me, thou shall say, and I was not hurt. They have beaten me, and I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
