Proverbs 6
1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger,
My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, —have struck for a stranger thy hands,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, —thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbour.
Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
7 Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: —
11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;
An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he maketh signs with his fingers;
Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
[Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken and that without remedy.
For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.
16 There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: —
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;
A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;
19 A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
One that uttereth lies—a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.
20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.
Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;
22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger’s tongue.
To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
26 For on account of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread, —and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?
28 Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his nieghbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
32 He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
33 Wounds and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man; and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.
