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King James Bible
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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 27:1 |
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. |
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth. |
| 27:2 |
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. |
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips. |
| 27:3 |
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. |
A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. |
| 27:4 |
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? |
Fury `is' fierce, and anger `is' overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy? |
| 27:5 |
Open rebuke is better than secret love. |
Better `is' open reproof than hidden love. |
| 27:6 |
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy. |
| 27:7 |
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. |
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And `to' a hungry soul every bitter thing `is' sweet. |
| 27:8 |
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. |
As a bird wandering from her nest, So `is' a man wandering from his place. |
| 27:9 |
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul. |
| 27:10 |
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. |
Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better `is' a near neighbour than a brother afar off. |
| 27:11 |
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. |
Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word. |
| 27:12 |
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished. |
| 27:13 |
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it. |
| 27:14 |
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him. |
| 27:15 |
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. |
A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, |
| 27:16 |
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. |
Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out. |
| 27:17 |
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. |
| 27:18 |
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. |
| 27:19 |
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
As `in' water the face `is' to face, So the heart of man to man. |
| 27:20 |
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. |
Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. |
| 27:21 |
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise. |
| 27:22 |
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. |
If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. |
| 27:23 |
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. |
Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, |
| 27:24 |
For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? |
For riches `are' not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. |
| 27:25 |
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. |
| 27:26 |
The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. |
Lambs `are' for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are' he-goats, |
| 27:27 |
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. |
And a sufficiency of goats' milk `is' for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels! |
