Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Boast not thyself of to -
morrow ,
For thou knowest not what a day bringeth
forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow ;
for thou knowest not what a day may
bring
forth.
Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth ,
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
Let another man
praise thee, and not thine own mouth ;
a stranger, and not thine own lips.
A stone `
is '
heavy, and the sand `is'
heavy,
And
the
anger
of
a fool
Is heavier than they
both.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
but
a fool's
wrath
is heavier than them
both.
Fury
`
is '
fierce
, and anger `
is '
overflowing,
And
who standeth
before jealousy
?
Wrath
is cruel
, and anger is outrageous;
but
who is
able
to
stand
before envy
?
Better
`is'
open reproof
than hidden
love.
Open rebuke
is
better
than secret
love.
Faithful are the wounds of a lover,
And
abundant
the kisses of an enemy.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
but
the kisses of an enemy are
deceitful
.
A
satiated
soul treadeth
down
a
honeycomb ,
And
`
to '
a
hungry soul every bitter thing `
is '
sweet.
The
full
soul loatheth
an
honeycomb ;
but
to the
hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
As a bird wandering
from her nest, So `
is '
a man wandering
from his place.
As a bird that
wandereth
from her nest, so is a man that
wandereth
from his place.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart ,
And
the sweetness of one's
friend --
from
counsel of
the
soul
.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart :
so
doth
the sweetness of a
man's
friend by
hearty
counsel.
Thine own friend, and the
friend
of
thy father
, forsake not ,
And
the
house
of
thy brother
enter
not
In a
day of thy calamity ,
Better `
is '
a near
neighbour than a brother afar
off.
Thine own friend, and thy father's
friend
, forsake not ;
neither
go
into
thy brother's
house
in the
day of thy calamity :
for
better is a neighbour that
is
near
than a brother far
off.
Be
wise,
my son, and rejoice
my heart .
And
I return
my
reproacher
a
word
.
My son, be
wise,
and make
my heart glad,
that
I may
answer
him
that
reproacheth
me
.
The
prudent hath
seen
the evil, he
is
hidden,
The simple have
passed
on, they
are punished.
A
prudent man
foreseeth
the evil, and
hideth
himself;
but
the simple pass
on, and
are punished.
Take his garment ,
when
a stranger hath
been
surety
, And for a strange woman pledge
it
.
Take his garment that
is
surety
for
a stranger, and take
a
pledge
of
him
for a strange woman.
Whoso
is
saluting
his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising
early
, A
light
thing
it is
reckoned
to him.
He
that
blesseth
his friend with a loud voice, rising
early
in the morning, it shall
be
counted
a
curse
to him.
A continual dropping in a day of
rain,
And a woman of
contentions
are alike ,
A continual dropping in a very
rainy
day and a contentious
woman are alike .
Whoso
is
hiding
her hath
hidden
the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth
out
.
Whosoever
hideth
her hideth
the wind, and the ointment of his right hand ,
which
bewrayeth
itself
.
Iron by
iron is
sharpened,
And
a man sharpens
the face
of his friend.
Iron sharpeneth
iron ;
so
a man sharpeneth
the countenance
of his friend.
The keeper
of
a
fig -
tree eateth
its
fruit,
And
the preserver
of
his master is
honoured.
Whoso
keepeth
the fig tree shall
eat
the fruit
thereof:
so
he
that
waiteth
on
his master shall
be
honoured.
As `
in '
water the
face `is'
to face, So the heart of man to man.
As in water face answereth
to face, so the heart of man to man.
Sheol
and destruction are not
satisfied,
And
the eyes of man are not
satisfied.
Hell
and destruction are never
full;
so
the eyes of man are never
satisfied.
A
refining
pot `is'
for silver, and a
furnace for gold ,
And
a man according
to his praise.
As
the
fining
pot for silver, and the
furnace for gold ;
so
is
a man to his praise.
If
thou dost
beat
the
foolish
in a mortar ,
Among washed
things
--
with a pestle, His
folly
turneth
not aside
from off
him.
Though
thou shouldest
bray
a
fool
in a mortar among wheat
with a pestle, yet
will
not his
foolishness
depart
from him.
Know well
the face
of thy flock
, Set
thy
heart
to the
droves,
Be
thou
diligent
to
know the state
of thy flocks
, and
look
well
to thy
herds.
For riches `
are '
not to
the age,
Nor
a
crown to generation
and
generation .
For riches are not for
ever:
and
doth
the crown endure
to every
generation ?
Revealed
was
the hay, and seen
the tender grass, And gathered
the
herbs of mountains.
The hay appeareth
, and the tender grass sheweth
itself
, and herbs of the
mountains are
gathered
.
Lambs `
are '
for thy clothing, And the price of the field `are'
he-goats,
The
lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats
are
the
price of the field .
And a
sufficiency
of
goats' milk `is'
for thy bread
, For bread
to
thy house
, and life
to
thy damsels!
And thou
shalt
have
goats' milk enough
for thy food
, for the
food
of
thy household
, and for
the
maintenance
for
thy maidens.
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