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Proverbs 23
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which <FI>is<Fi> before thee,
1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
2And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou <FI>art<Fi> a man of appetite.
2and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it <FI>is<Fi> lying food.
3Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
4Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
5wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
6Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
7For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.
7For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
8Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that <FI>are<Fi> sweet.
8Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
9Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
10Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
10Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
11For their Redeemer <FI>is<Fi> strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
11for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.
12Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
12Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
13Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:
14Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.
14thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
15My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
15My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;
16And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
16and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.
17Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But--in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
17Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;
18For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
18for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
19Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
19Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.
20Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh,
20Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
21For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
22Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
23Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.
24The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
24The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:
25Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
25let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.
26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
26My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27For a harlot <FI>is<Fi> a deep ditch, And a strange woman <FI>is<Fi> a strait pit.
27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
28She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.
29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
29Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?
30Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.
30— They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
31See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
31Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:
32Its latter end--as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
32at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;