Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging:
and whosoever
is
deceived
thereby
is not wise.
Wine `
is '
a scorner
--
strong drink `
is '
noisy,
And any
going
astray
in
it
is not wise.
The fear of a king is as the
roaring
of a lion :
whoso
provoketh
him to anger
sinneth
against
his own
soul.
The fear of a king `
is '
a
growl
as of a young
lion ,
He
who
is
causing
him to be
wroth
is
wronging
his soul.
It
is
an honour for
a man to
cease
from strife :
but
every fool will
be
meddling
.
An honour to
a man is
cessation
from strife ,
And
every fool intermeddleth
.
The
sluggard
will
not
plow
by
reason
of the cold;
therefore
shall
he beg
in harvest, and have
nothing.
Because
of winter
the slothful
plougheth
not,
He asketh
in harvest, and there
is
nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like
deep water ;
but
a man of understanding will
draw
it out
.
Counsel in the heart of a
man `
is '
deep water ,
And
a man of understanding draweth
it up
.
Most
men will
proclaim every
one
his own
goodness:
but
a faithful
man who can
find?
A
multitude
of
men proclaim each
his kindness,
And
a man of
stedfastness
who doth
find?
The just
man
walketh
in his integrity :
his children
are
blessed
after him .
The righteous
is
walking
habitually
in his integrity ,
O
the
happiness
of
his sons
after him !
A king that
sitteth
in
the
throne of judgment scattereth
away
all
evil
with his eyes .
A king sitting
on
a
throne of judgment ,
Is
scattering
with his eyes all
evil,
Who can
say
, I have made
my heart clean
, I am
pure
from my sin?
Who saith
, `
I have purified
my heart, I have
been
cleansed
from my sin? '
Divers
weights
, and divers
measures
, both of them are alike
abomination to the
LORD
.
A
stone
and
a
stone
, an
ephah
and an
ephah
, Even
both of them `
are '
an
abomination to Jehovah
.
Even a
child
is
known
by his doings
, whether his work be pure ,
and
whether
it
be
right
.
Even by his actions
a
youth
maketh
himself
known
, Whether his work be pure or
upright
.
The
hearing ear, and the
seeing eye, the
LORD
hath made even both of them.
A
hearing ear, and a
seeing eye, Jehovah
hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, lest thou come
to
poverty;
open thine eyes ,
and
thou
shalt
be satisfied with bread.
Love not sleep, lest thou become
poor,
Open thine eyes --
be satisfied `
with '
bread.
It
is
naught
, it
is
naught
, saith the buyer :
but
when
he
is
gone
his way ,
then he boasteth.
`Bad
, bad
, '
saith the buyer ,
And
going
his way then he boasteth himself
.
There
is
gold, and a multitude of rubies :
but
the
lips of knowledge are
a
precious
jewel
.
Substance,
gold, and a multitude of rubies ,
Yea,
a
precious
vessel,
`are'
lips of knowledge.
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 strangers
pledge
it
.
Bread
of
deceit
is
sweet to a man ;
but
afterwards his mouth shall
be
filled with gravel.
Sweet to a man `is'
the
bread
of
falsehood,
And
afterwards is
his mouth filled `
with '
gravel.
Every
purpose
is
established
by counsel :
and with good
advice
make war.
Purposes
by counsel thou
dost
establish,
And with plans
make thou
war.
He
that
goeth
about
as
a talebearer
revealeth
secrets:
therefore
meddle
not
with
him
that
flattereth
with his lips.
A revealer
of
secret
counsels
is
the
busybody,
And
for
a
deceiver
`
with '
his lips make
not
thyself
surety
.
Whoso curseth
his father or
his mother, his lamp shall
be
put
out
in obscure
darkness.
Whoso is
vilifying
his father and
his mother, Extinguished
is
his lamp in blackness
of
darkness.
An inheritance may
be
gotten hastily
at the
beginning;
but
the
end thereof
shall
not be
blessed.
An inheritance gotten wrongly
at first,
Even
its
latter
end is
not blessed.
Say
not thou
, I will
recompense evil ;
but
wait on
the
LORD
, and he shall
save
thee.
Do
not say
, `
I recompense evil ,'
Wait for
Jehovah
, and He delivereth
thee.
Divers
weights
are
an abomination unto
the
LORD;
and a false
balance
is
not good.
An abomination to
Jehovah
`are'
a
stone
and a stone,
And
balances
of
deceit
`are'
not good.
Man's
goings
are of
the LORD;
how
can
a man then
understand
his own
way?
From
Jehovah
`
are '
the steps
of
a man ,
And
man
--
how
understandeth
he
his way?
It
is
a snare to the
man who
devoureth
that
which
is holy, and after vows to make enquiry
.
A snare to a
man `
is '
he
hath
swallowed
a
holy thing
, And after vows to make inquiry
.
A wise king scattereth
the wicked, and bringeth
the wheel over
them
.
A wise king is
scattering
the wicked, And turneth
back
on
them
the wheel.
The spirit
of man is the
candle
of the
LORD
, searching all the inward
parts of the belly
.
The breath
of man `
is '
a
lamp
of Jehovah
, Searching all the inner
parts of the heart
.
Mercy
and truth preserve
the
king :
and his throne is
upholden
by
mercy
.
Kindness
and truth keep
a
king ,
And he
hath
supported
by
kindness
his throne.
The glory
of young men is their strength :
and the beauty
of old men is the
grey head
.
The beauty
of young men is their strength ,
And the honour
of old men is grey hairs
.
The blueness
of a wound cleanseth
away
evil :
so
do
stripes
the inward
parts of the belly.
The bandages
of a wound thou
removest
with
the
evil ,
Also
the plagues
of
the
inner
parts of the heart!
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