Proverbs 6
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger —
2you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
2Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —
3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.
4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
5Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;
7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
7Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
8Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.
9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
10'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —
11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
11So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.
12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
12A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;
13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
13That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers;
14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
16There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
16There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
18A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;
19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
19A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
21Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.
22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;
24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.
25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.
26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
27Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
28Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.
30Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
31But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.
32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
32He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
33He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
33Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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