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King James Bible
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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 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! |
