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Proverbs 24
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
1Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:
2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
2For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.
3By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.
3The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:
4And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, <FI>With<Fi> all precious and pleasant wealth.
4And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.
5Mighty <FI>is<Fi> the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
5A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.
6For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.
6For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.
7Wisdom <FI>is<Fi> high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
7Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
8He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.
9The thought of folly <FI>is<Fi> sin, And an abomination to man <FI>is<Fi> a scorner.
9The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
10Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
10If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
11If <FI>from<Fi> delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back.
11Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.
12When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.
12If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
13Eat my son, honey that <FI>is<Fi> good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate.
13My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
14So <FI>is<Fi> the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
14So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
16For seven <FI>times<Fi> doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
16For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.
17In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
17Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:
18Lest Jehovah see, and <FI>it be<Fi> evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
18For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.
19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
19Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:
20For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
20For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
21Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
21My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
22For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both--who knoweth!
22For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?
23These also are for the wise: --To discern faces in judgment is not good.
23These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
24Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou <FI>art<Fi> righteous,' Peoples execrate him--nations abhor him.
24He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
25And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.
25But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.
26Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
26He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.
27Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
27Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.
28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
28Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.
29Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
29Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
30I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;
31And lo, it hath gone up--all of it--thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
31And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
32And I see--I--I do set my heart, I have seen--I have received instruction,
32Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.