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King James Bible

 

King James Bible

Youngs Literal Translation


6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,
6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,
6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,
6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
6:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,
6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking `with' perverseness of mouth,
6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing.
6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven `are' abominations to His soul.
6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --
6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh `with' thee.
6:23 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 command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,
6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?
6:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.
6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,
6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,
6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. For jealousy `is' the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.
6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!