The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha VULA
New International Version NIV
1 quando sederis ut comedas cum principe diligenter adtende quae posita sunt ante faciem tuam
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When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,
2 et statue cultrum in gutture tuo si tamen habes in potestate animam tuam
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and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
3 ne desideres de cibis eius in quo est panis mendacii
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Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 noli laborare ut diteris sed prudentiae tuae pone modu
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Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
5 ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas habere non potes quia facient sibi pinnas quasi aquilae et avolabunt in caelum
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Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6 ne comedas cum homine invido et ne desideres cibos eius
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Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
7 quoniam in similitudinem arioli et coniectoris aestimat quod ignorat comede et bibe dicet tibi et mens eius non est tecum
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for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 cibos quos comederas evomes et perdes pulchros sermones tuos
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You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
9 in auribus insipientium ne loquaris quia despicient doctrinam eloquii tui
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Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
10 ne adtingas terminos parvulorum et agrum pupillorum ne introeas
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Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 propinquus enim eorum Fortis est et ipse iudicabit contra te causam illorum
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for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
12 ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum et aures tuae ad verba scientiae
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Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam si enim percusseris eum virga non morietur
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Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 tu virga percuties eum et animam eius de inferno liberabi
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Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
15 fili mi si sapiens fuerit animus tuus gaudebit tecum cor meum
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My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 et exultabunt renes mei cum locuta fuerint rectum labia tua
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my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 non aemuletur cor tuum peccatores sed in timore Domini esto tota die
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
18 quia habebis spem in novissimo et praestolatio tua non auferetur
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There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 audi fili mi et esto sapiens et dirige in via animum tuu
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Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:
20 noli esse in conviviis potatorum nec in comesationibus eorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt
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Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
21 quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur et vestietur pannis dormitati
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for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 audi patrem tuum qui genuit te et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua
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Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentiam
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Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
24 exultat gaudio pater iusti qui sapientem genuit laetabitur in eo
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The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
25 gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua et exultet quae genuit te
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May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
26 praebe fili mi cor tuum mihi et oculi tui vias meas custodiant
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My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,
27 fovea enim profunda est meretrix et puteus angustus aliena
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for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 insidiatur in via quasi latro et quos incautos viderit interficit
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Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
29 cui vae cuius patri vae cui rixae cui foveae cui sine causa vulnera cui suffusio oculorum
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 nonne his qui morantur in vino et student calicibus epotandis
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Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31 ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit cum splenduerit in vitro color eius ingreditur blande
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Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!
32 sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber et sicut regulus venena diffundet
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In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
33 oculi tui videbunt extraneas et cor tuum loquetur perversa
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Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari et quasi sopitus gubernator amisso clavo
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You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
35 et dices verberaverunt me sed non dolui traxerunt me et ego non sensi quando evigilabo et rursum vina repperiam
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“They hit me,” you will say, “but I’m not hurt! They beat me, but I don’t feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?”
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