Don't work yourself out to be rich
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, pay close attention to what's in front of you. Put a knife to your throat if you're a man given to appetite. Don't crave his delicacies; they're deceptive food. Don't wear yourself out trying to be rich; cease from your own wisdom. Will you set your eyes on riches that disappear? They certainly make themselves wings and fly away like an eagle towards heaven. Don't eat the bread of a man with an evil eye, and don't crave his delicacies. As he thinks in his heart, so he is. ‘Eat and drink,’ he says to you, but his heart isn't with you. You'll vomit up the morsel you've eaten and lose your sweet words. Don't speak in the ears of a fool, because he'll despise the wisdom of your words. Don't move the old landmark or enter the fields of orphans, for their Redeemer is mighty, and he will plead their cause with you. Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge. Don't withhold correction from a child; if you strike him with the rod, he won't die. Strike him with the rod and deliver his soul from hell. My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will rejoice—yes, mine. My heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. Don't let your heart envy sinners; stay in the fear of the LORD all day long. There surely is an end, and your expectation will not be cut off.
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, think carefully what's in front of you. And put a knife to your throat if you're a man given to appetite. Don't want his tasty things, because it's food that takes you in. Don't work yourself out to be rich. Stop from your own wisdom. Will you set your eyes on what's nothing? Because riches definitely make themselves wings and fly off like an eagle towards heaven. Don't eat the bread of the one with a stingy eye, and don't want his tasty things. Because the way he thinks in his heart, that's what he is. Eat and drink, he says to you. But his heart isn't with you. The bit you've eaten you'll vomit up, and you'll lose your sweet words. Don't speak in the ears of a fool, because he'll sneer at the wisdom of your words. Don't shift the old boundary marker, and don't go into the fields of the orphans. Because their Redeemer is mighty. He'll take up their case with you. Set your heart on teaching, and your ears on the words of knowledge. Don't hold back teaching from a child. Because if you strike him with the rod, he won't die. You'll strike him with the rod and rescue his soul from the grave. My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, yes, mine. Yes, my insides will celebrate when your lips speak right things. Don't let your heart be jealous of sinners, but be in the fear of the Lord all day long. Because there's definitely an end, and what you're hoping for won't be cut off.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, pay close attention to what's in front of you.
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, think carefully what's in front of you.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Put a knife to your throat if you're a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to your throat if you're a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Don't crave his delicacies; they're deceptive food.
Don't want his tasty things, because it's food that takes you in.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Don't wear yourself out trying to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.
Don't work yourself out to be rich. Stop from your own wisdom.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Will you set your eyes on riches that disappear? They certainly make themselves wings and fly away like an eagle towards heaven.
Will you set your eyes on what's nothing? Because riches definitely make themselves wings and fly off like an eagle towards heaven.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Don't eat the bread of a man with an evil eye, and don't crave his delicacies.
Don't eat the bread of the one with a stingy eye, and don't want his tasty things.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
As he thinks in his heart, so he is. ‘Eat and drink,’ he says to you, but his heart isn't with you.
Because the way he thinks in his heart, that's what he is. Eat and drink, he says to you. But his heart isn't with you.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
You'll vomit up the morsel you've eaten and lose your sweet words.
The bit you've eaten you'll vomit up, and you'll lose your sweet words.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, because he'll despise the wisdom of your words.
Don't speak in the ears of a fool, because he'll sneer at the wisdom of your words.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Don't move the old landmark or enter the fields of orphans,
Don't shift the old boundary marker, and don't go into the fields of the orphans.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
for their Redeemer is mighty, and he will plead their cause with you.
Because their Redeemer is mighty. He'll take up their case with you.
For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.
Set your heart on teaching, and your ears on the words of knowledge.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Don't withhold correction from a child; if you strike him with the rod, he won't die.
Don't hold back teaching from a child. Because if you strike him with the rod, he won't die.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Strike him with the rod and deliver his soul from hell.
You'll strike him with the rod and rescue his soul from the grave.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will rejoice—yes, mine.
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, yes, mine.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
My heart will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Yes, my insides will celebrate when your lips speak right things.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Don't let your heart envy sinners; stay in the fear of the LORD all day long.
Don't let your heart be jealous of sinners, but be in the fear of the Lord all day long.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
There surely is an end, and your expectation will not be cut off.
Because there's definitely an end, and what you're hoping for won't be cut off.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Who has trouble?
Listen, my son, and be wise; guide your heart in the way. Don't hang around with heavy drinkers or people who gorge themselves on meat, The drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man in rags. Listen to the father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth and don't sell it—wisdom, instruction and understanding as well. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; whoever fathers a wise child will be glad in him. Let your father and mother be glad, and let the woman who bore you rejoice. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. A prostitute is a deep ditch, and an unfaithful woman is a narrow pit. She also lies in wait like a robber and increases the transgressors among men. Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who has arguments? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes? Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine. Don't stare at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. Your eyes will see strange women, and your heart will utter perverse things. You'll be like someone lying down in the middle of the sea, or like someone lying at the top of a mast. ‘They hit me, but I didn't feel it. They beat me, and I didn't notice. When will I wake up? I'll go looking for another drink.’
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way. Don't be among wine drinkers, among greedy eaters of meat. Because the drunk and the greedy will come to poverty, and being drowsy will dress a man in rags. Listen to your father who fathered you, and don't look down on your mother when she's old. Buy the truth and don't sell it — wisdom too, and teaching, and understanding. The father of the righteous will celebrate hard, and the one who fathers a wise child will have joy of him. Your father and your mother will be glad, and the one who had you will celebrate. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes watch my ways. Because a prostitute is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She lies in wait too like a robber, and grows the ones who deal treacherously among men. Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who has fighting? Who has complaining? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes? The ones who stay a long time at the wine, the ones who go looking for mixed wine. Don't look at the wine when it's red, when it gives its colour in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. At the last it bites like a snake and stings like an adder. Your eyes will see strange women, and your heart will speak twisted things. Yes, you'll be like the one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or like the one who lies on the top of a mast. They've struck me, you'll say, and I wasn't sick. They've beaten me and I didn't feel it. When will I wake up? I'll look for it again.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Listen, my son, and be wise; guide your heart in the way.
Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Don't hang around with heavy drinkers or people who gorge themselves on meat,
Don't be among wine drinkers, among greedy eaters of meat.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
The drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man in rags.
Because the drunk and the greedy will come to poverty, and being drowsy will dress a man in rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Listen to the father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
Listen to your father who fathered you, and don't look down on your mother when she's old.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Buy the truth and don't sell it—wisdom, instruction and understanding as well.
Buy the truth and don't sell it — wisdom too, and teaching, and understanding.
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; whoever fathers a wise child will be glad in him.
The father of the righteous will celebrate hard, and the one who fathers a wise child will have joy of him.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Let your father and mother be glad, and let the woman who bore you rejoice.
Your father and your mother will be glad, and the one who had you will celebrate.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes watch my ways.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
A prostitute is a deep ditch, and an unfaithful woman is a narrow pit.
Because a prostitute is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
She also lies in wait like a robber and increases the transgressors among men.
She lies in wait too like a robber, and grows the ones who deal treacherously among men.
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who has arguments? Who has complaints? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
Who has trouble? Who has sorrow? Who has fighting? Who has complaining? Who has wounds for no reason? Who has red eyes?
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.
The ones who stay a long time at the wine, the ones who go looking for mixed wine.
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Don't stare at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Don't look at the wine when it's red, when it gives its colour in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
At the last it bites like a snake and stings like an adder.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Your eyes will see strange women, and your heart will utter perverse things.
Your eyes will see strange women, and your heart will speak twisted things.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
You'll be like someone lying down in the middle of the sea, or like someone lying at the top of a mast.
Yes, you'll be like the one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or like the one who lies on the top of a mast.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
‘They hit me, but I didn't feel it. They beat me, and I didn't notice. When will I wake up? I'll go looking for another drink.’
They've struck me, you'll say, and I wasn't sick. They've beaten me and I didn't feel it. When will I wake up? I'll look for it again.
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.