|
|
|
|
1. When you sit down to eat with a ruler, think about what is in front of you.
|
1. When H3588 thou sittest H3427 to eat H3898 with H854 a ruler H4910 , consider diligently H995 H995 H853 what H834 is before H6440 thee:
|
|
2. Put a knife to your neck if you are a man who is given to much eating.
|
2. And put H7760 a knife H7915 to thy throat H3930 , if H518 thou H859 be a man H1167 given to appetite H5315 .
|
|
3. Do not desire his special foods, for they are put there for no good reason.
|
3. Be not H408 desirous H183 of his dainties H4303 : for they H1931 are deceitful H3577 meat H3899 .
|
|
4. Do not work hard to be rich. Stop trying to get things for yourself.
|
4. Labor H3021 not H408 to be rich H6238 : cease H2308 from H4480 thine own wisdom H998 .
|
|
5. When you set your eyes upon it, it is gone. For sure, riches make themselves wings like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
|
5. Wilt thou set H5774 thine eyes H5869 upon that which is not H369 ? for H3588 riches certainly make H6213 H6213 themselves wings H3671 ; they fly away H5774 as an eagle H5404 toward heaven H8064 .
|
|
6. Do not eat the bread of a man who thinks only about himself. Do not have a desire for his fine food.
|
6. Eat H3898 thou not H408 H853 the bread H3899 of him that hath an evil H7451 eye H5869 , neither H408 desire H183 thou his dainty meats H4303 :
|
|
7. For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you.
|
7. For H3588 as H3644 he thinketh H8176 in his heart H5315 , so H3651 is he H1931 : Eat H398 and drink H8354 , saith H559 he to thee ; but his heart H3820 is not H1077 with thee H5973 .
|
|
8. You will spit up the piece of food you have eaten, and waste your good words.
|
8. The morsel H6595 which thou hast eaten H398 shalt thou vomit up H6958 , and lose H7843 thy sweet H5273 words H1697 .
|
|
9. Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will hate the wisdom of your words.
|
9. Speak H1696 not H408 in the ears H241 of a fool H3684 : for H3588 he will despise H936 the wisdom H7922 of thy words H4405 .
|
|
10. Do not take away the old landmark, or go into the fields of those without a father.
|
10. Remove H5253 not H408 the old H5769 landmark H1366 ; and enter H935 not H408 into the fields H7704 of the fatherless H3490 :
|
|
11. For the One Who saves them is strong. He will stand by them and give them help against you.
|
11. For H3588 their redeemer H1350 is mighty H2389 ; he H1931 shall plead H7378 H853 their cause H7379 with H854 thee.
|
|
12. Open your heart to teaching, and your ears to words of much learning.
|
12. Apply H935 thine heart H3820 unto instruction H4148 , and thine ears H241 to the words H561 of knowledge H1847 .
|
|
13. Do not keep from punishing the child if he needs it. If you beat him with the stick, he will not die.
|
13. Withhold H4513 not H408 correction H4148 from the child H4480 H5288 : for H3588 if thou beatest H5221 him with the rod H7626 , he shall not H3808 die H4191 .
|
|
14. Beat him with the stick, and save his soul from hell.
|
14. Thou H859 shalt beat H5221 him with the rod H7626 , and shalt deliver H5337 his soul H5315 from hell H4480 H7585 .
|
|
15. My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will be glad also.
|
15. My son H1121 , if H518 thine heart H3820 be wise H2449 , my heart H3820 shall rejoice H8055 , even H1571 mine H589 .
|
|
16. My heart will be full of joy when your lips speak what is right.
|
16. Yea , my reins H3629 shall rejoice H5937 , when thy lips H8193 speak H1696 right things H4339 .
|
|
17. Do not let your heart be jealous of sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord always.
|
17. Let not H408 thine heart H3820 envy H7065 sinners H2400 : but H3588 be thou in the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the day H3117 long.
|
|
18. For sure there is a future and your hope will not be cut off.
|
18. For H3588 surely H518 there is H3426 an end H319 ; and thine expectation H8615 shall not H3808 be cut off H3772 .
|
|
19. Listen, my son, and be wise. Lead your heart in the way.
|
19. Hear H8085 thou H859 , my son H1121 , and be wise H2449 , and guide H833 thine heart H3820 in the way H1870 .
|
|
20. Do not be with those who drink too much wine or eat too much meat.
|
20. Be H1961 not H408 among winebibbers H5433 H3196 ; among riotous eaters H2151 of flesh H1320 :
|
|
21. For the man who drinks too much or eats too much will become poor, and much sleep will dress a man in torn clothes.
|
21. For H3588 the drunkard H5433 and the glutton H2151 shall come to poverty H3423 : and drowsiness H5124 shall clothe H3847 a man with rags H7168 .
|
|
22. Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not hate your mother when she is old.
|
22. Hearken H8085 unto thy father H1 that H2088 begot H3205 thee , and despise H936 not H408 thy mother H517 when H3588 she is old H2204 .
|
|
23. Buy truth, and do not sell it. Get wisdom and teaching and understanding.
|
23. Buy H7069 the truth H571 , and sell H4376 it not H408 ; also wisdom H2451 , and instruction H4148 , and understanding H998 .
|
|
24. The father of one who is right with God will have much joy. He who has a wise son will be glad in him.
|
24. The father H1 of the righteous H6662 shall greatly rejoice H1523 H1523 : and he that begetteth H3205 a wise H2450 child shall have joy H8055 of him.
|
|
25. Let your father and mother be glad, and let her who gave birth to you be full of joy.
|
25. Thy father H1 and thy mother H517 shall be glad H8055 , and she that bore H3205 thee shall rejoice H1523 .
|
|
26. Give me your heart, my son. Let your eyes find joy in my ways.
|
26. My son H1121 , give H5414 me thine heart H3820 , and let thine eyes H5869 observe H5341 my ways H1870 .
|
|
27. For a woman who sells the use of her body is like a deep hole. A sinful woman is a narrow well.
|
27. For H3588 a whore H2181 is a deep H6013 ditch H7745 ; and a strange H5237 woman is a narrow H6862 pit H875 .
|
|
28. She lies in wait as a robber, and makes many more men not faithful.
|
28. She H1931 also H637 lieth in wait H693 as for a prey H2863 , and increaseth H3254 the transgressors H898 among men H120 .
|
|
29. Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who is fighting? Who is complaining? Who is hurt without a reason? Who has eyes that have become red?
|
29. Who H4310 hath woe H188 ? who H4310 hath sorrow H17 ? who H4310 hath contentions H4079 ? who H4310 hath babbling H7879 ? who H4310 hath wounds H6482 without cause H2600 ? who H4310 hath redness H2448 of eyes H5869 ?
|
|
30. Those who stay a long time over wine. Those who go to taste mixed wine.
|
30. They that tarry long H309 at H5921 the wine H3196 ; they that go H935 to seek H2713 mixed wine H4469 .
|
|
31. Do not look at wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it is smooth in going down.
|
31. Look H7200 not H408 thou upon the wine H3196 when H3588 it is red H119 , when H3588 it giveth H5414 his color H5869 in the cup H3563 , when it moveth itself H1980 aright H4339 .
|
|
32. In the end it bites like a snake. It stings like the bite of a snake with poison.
|
32. At the last H319 it biteth H5391 like a serpent H5175 , and stingeth H6567 like an adder H6848 .
|
|
33. Your eyes will see strange things. Your mind will say the wrong things.
|
33. Thine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 strange women H2114 , and thine heart H3820 shall utter H1696 perverse things H8419 .
|
|
34. And you will be like one who lies down in the center of the sea, or like one who lies above a ship's sail.
|
34. Yea , thou shalt be H1961 as he that lieth down H7901 in the midst H3820 of the sea H3220 , or as he that lieth H7901 upon the top H7218 of a mast H2260 .
|
|
35. "They hit me, but I was not hurt. They beat me, but I did not know it. When will I wake up? I will look for another drink."
|
35. They have stricken H5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not H1077 sick H2470 ; they have beaten H1986 me, and I felt H3045 it not H1077 : when H4970 shall I awake H6974 ? I will seek H1245 it yet H3254 again H5750 .
|