Proverbs 20
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
1[Luxuriosa res vinum, et tumultuosa ebrietas: quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens.
2The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
2Sicut rugitus leonis, ita et terror regis: qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam.
3It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
3Honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus; omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
4Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.
5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
5Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.
6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
6Multi homines misericordes vocantur; virum autem fidelem quis inveniet?]
7A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
7[Justus qui ambulat in simplicitate sua beatos post se filios derelinquet.
8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
8Rex qui sedet in solio judicii dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.
9Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
9Quis potest dicere: Mundum est cor meum; purus sum a peccato?
10Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
10Pondus et pondus, mensura et mensura: utrumque abominabile est apud Deum.
11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
11Ex studiis suis intelligitur puer, si munda et recta sint opera ejus.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
12Aurem audientem, et oculum videntem: Dominus fecit utrumque.
13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
13Noli diligere somnum, ne te egestas opprimat: aperi oculos tuos, et saturare panibus.
14“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
14Malum est, malum est, dicit omnis emptor; et cum recesserit, tunc gloriabitur.
15There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
15Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.]
16Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
16[Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.
17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
17Suavis est homini panis mendacii, et postea implebitur os ejus calculo.
18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
18Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.
19He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
19Ei qui revelat mysteria, et ambulat fraudulenter, et dilatat labia sua, ne commiscearis.
20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
20Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris:
21An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
21hæreditas ad quam festinatur in principio, in novissimo benedictione carebit.
22Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
22Ne dicas: Reddam malum: exspecta Dominum, et liberabit te.
23The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
23Abominatio est apud Dominum pondus et pondus; statera dolosa non est bona.
24A man’s steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
24A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam?
25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
25Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.]
26A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
26[Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem.
27The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
27Lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis, quæ investigat omnia secreta ventris.
28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
28Misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem, et roboratur clementia thronus ejus.
29The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
29Exsultatio juvenum fortitudo eorum, et dignitas senum canities.
30Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
30Livor vulneris absterget mala, et plagæ in secretioribus ventris.]
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