Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Be not envious of
evil men, And
desire not
to be with them.
Be not thou
envious against
evil men, neither
desire to be with them.
For destruction
doth
their heart meditate
, And perverseness
do
their lips speak
.
For their heart studieth
destruction
, and their lips talk
of
mischief
.
By
wisdom is a
house builded ,
And by understanding it establisheth
itself.
Through
wisdom is an
house builded ;
and by understanding it is
established:
And by knowledge the inner
parts
are
filled ,
`
With '
all precious and pleasant wealth
.
And by knowledge shall
the chambers
be
filled with all precious and pleasant riches
.
Mighty
`is'
the
wise in
strength
, And
a man of knowledge is
strengthening
power,
A
wise man
is
strong;
yea
, a man of knowledge increaseth
strength.
For by plans
thou makest
for
thyself
war ,
And deliverance
`is'
in a
multitude of counsellors.
For by wise
counsel
thou shalt
make
thy
war :
and in multitude of counsellors there
is
safety
.
Wisdom `
is '
high for a fool ,
In
the
gate
he openeth not his mouth.
Wisdom is too
high for a fool :
he openeth not his mouth in
the
gate
.
Whoso
is
devising
to do evil ,
Him
they
call
a master
of
wicked
thoughts
.
He
that
deviseth
to do evil shall
be
called
a mischievous
person
.
The thought of folly
`
is '
sin ,
And an abomination to man
`is'
a
scorner
.
The thought of foolishness
is sin :
and the
scorner
is
an abomination to men
.
Thou hast
shewed
thyself
weak
in a
day of adversity, Straitened
is
thy power,
If
thou faint
in the
day of adversity, thy strength
is
small.
If `from'
delivering
those
taken
to death, And those slipping
to the
slaughter
--
thou
keepest
back.
If thou
forbear
to deliver
them
that
are
drawn
unto
death, and those that
are
ready
to be
slain;
When
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.
If
thou sayest, Behold
, we knew it
not ;
doth
not he that
pondereth
the
heart
consider
it
? and he
that
keepeth
thy soul ,
doth
not
he know
it
? and shall
not
he render
to every
man according to his works?
Eat
my son, honey that
`
is '
good ,
And the honeycomb --
sweet to thy palate.
My son, eat
thou
honey ,
because
it
is good ;
and the honeycomb ,
which
is
sweet to thy taste:
So `is'
the knowledge of wisdom to
thy soul ,
If
thou hast found that
there is
a posterity
And thy hope
is
not cut off.
So shall
the knowledge of wisdom be
unto
thy soul :
when
thou hast found it,
then
there shall
be
a reward,
and thy expectation
shall
not be
cut off.
Lay not wait, O wicked one
, At
the habitation
of the righteous .
Do
not
spoil his resting -
place .
Lay not wait, O wicked man
, against
the dwelling
of the righteous ;
spoil not
his resting place :
For seven `
times '
doth
the
righteous
fall
and
rise
, And the wicked stumble
in
evil
.
For a
just
man
falleth
seven times, and riseth
up
again:
but
the wicked shall
fall
into
mischief
.
In
the
falling
of
thine
enemy
rejoice not, And in
his
stumbling
let not thy
heart be joyful,
Rejoice not when
thine
enemy
falleth
, and let not thine
heart be glad
when
he
stumbleth:
Lest Jehovah
see, and `
it be'
evil
in
His
eyes
, And He hath
turned
from off
him His
anger
.
Lest the
LORD
see it
, and it displease
him
, and he turn
away
his
wrath
from him.
Fret not thyself at
evil doers
, Be not
envious at the wicked ,
Fret not thyself because
of
evil men
, neither
be thou
envious at the wicked :
For there is
not
a
posterity
to the evil ,
The lamp
of the wicked is
extinguished
.
For there shall
be
no
reward
to the evil man;
the candle
of the wicked shall
be
put
out
.
Fear
Jehovah,
my son, and the king ,
With
changers
mix
not up
thyself,
My son, fear
thou
the
LORD
and the king :
and
meddle
not with
them
that
are
given
to
change:
For suddenly
doth
their calamity rise ,
And the ruin of them both --
who
knoweth!
For their calamity shall
rise suddenly;
and who
knoweth
the ruin of them both ?
These also are
for
the wise :
--
To
discern
faces
in
judgment
is not good.
These things
also belong
to
the wise .
It
is not good to
have
respect
of
persons
in
judgment
.
Whoso
is
saying
to
the wicked, `
Thou `art'
righteous ,'
Peoples
execrate
him --
nations abhor him .
He
that
saith
unto
the wicked, Thou are
righteous ;
him shall
the
people
curse,
nations shall
abhor him :
And
to those
reproving
it
is
pleasant
, And on
them
cometh
a good blessing.
But
to them
that
rebuke
him
shall
be
delight
, and a good blessing shall
come
upon
them
.
Lips he
kisseth
who
is
returning
straightforward
words
.
Every
man
shall
kiss
his
lips that
giveth
a
right
answer
.
Prepare in
an
out-place
thy work, And make it ready
in the field --
go
afterwards ,
Then
thou
hast
built
thy
house.
Prepare thy work without
, and make it fit
for
thyself
in the field ;
and
afterwards build
thine
house.
Be not a witness for
nought
against thy neighbour ,
Or
thou
hast
enticed
with thy lips.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without
cause;
and
deceive
not
with thy lips.
Say not, `As
he
did
to
me,
so
I do to him ,
I render to each
according to his work. '
Say not, I will
do so
to him as
he
hath
done
to
me:
I will
render to the
man
according to his work.
Near
the field of a
slothful man
I
passed
by
, And near
the vineyard of a
man lacking
heart.
I
went
by
the field of the
slothful, and by
the vineyard of the
man void
of
understanding;
And lo, it hath
gone
up
--
all of
it
--
thorns !
Covered its
face have
nettles
, And its
stone wall hath
been
broken down.
And ,
lo, it was
all grown
over
with
thorns ,
and
nettles
had
covered the
face thereof
, and the
stone wall thereof
was
broken down.
And
I
see
--
I
--
I do
set
my
heart
, I
have
seen
--
I have
received instruction ,
Then
I saw
, and
considered
it
well:
I looked
upon
it,
and
received instruction .
A little sleep --
a little slumber --
A little folding of the hands to lie
down.
Yet
a little sleep ,
a little slumber ,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:
And
thy poverty hath
come `
as '
a
traveller,
And thy want as an armed man !
So
shall
thy poverty come as one
that
travelleth;
and thy want as an armed man .
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