Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.
2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.
3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
4 Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
6 The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false.
7 The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station.
9 As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
10 Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
11 My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.
12 A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
14 He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.
15 A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.
16 He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.
17 Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.
20 The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough. (Sheol h7585)
21 As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.
23 Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;
24 For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.
25 The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.
26 The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:
27 And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls.
