Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what <em>is</em> before thee;
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When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,
2 and put a knife to thy throat if thou <em>art</em> a man given to appetite.
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and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
3 Do not be desirous of his dainties; for they <em>are</em> deceitful food.
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Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not labour to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
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Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon riches which are not? For they shall certainly make themselves wings; they shall fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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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 Do not eat the bread of <em>anyone who has</em> an evil eye, neither desire his dainty foods;
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Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
7 for as he thinks in his soul, so <em>is</em> he; Eat and drink, he shall say unto thee, but his heart <em>is</em> not with thee.
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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 Didst thou eat thy part? Thou shalt vomit it up and lose thy sweet words.
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You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the prudence of thy words.
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Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
10 Do not remove the old landmark, and do not enter into the inheritance of the fatherless:
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Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 For their redeemer <em>is</em> mighty; he shall judge their cause against thee.
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for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
12 Apply thine heart unto chastening and thine ears to the words of wisdom.
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Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold correction from the child; for <em>if</em> thou shall beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
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Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.
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Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
15 My son, if thy heart is wise, my heart shall also rejoice;
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My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 my kidneys shall also rejoice when thy lips speak right things.
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my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 Let not thy heart envy sinners, but <em>persevere</em> in the fear of the LORD all day long.
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.
18 For surely there is an end, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
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There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and straighten thy heart in the way.
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Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path:
20 Do not be among those who are drunk with wine; nor among gluttonous eaters of food;
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Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.
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for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth and sell <em>it</em> not, <em>also</em> wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well.
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he that begets a wise <em>child</em> shall have joy with him.
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The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.
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May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful!
26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,
27 For a whore <em>is</em> a deep ditch and a strange woman <em>is</em> a narrow pit.
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for an adulterous woman is a deep pit, and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 She also lies in wait as <em>for</em> a prey and increases the transgressors among men.
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Like a bandit she lies in wait and multiplies the unfaithful among men.
29 For who <em>shall be</em> the woe? for who <em>shall be</em> the woe? for who contention? for who quarrels? for who the wounds without cause? who shall have redness of eyes?
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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 For those that tarry long at the wine; those that go to seek mixed wine.
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Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.
31 Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its colour in the cup, it goes down smoothly.
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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 At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder.
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In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
34 <em>Yea</em>, thou shalt be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea or as he that sleeps at the rudder.
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You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.
35 They have stricken me, <em>thou shalt say</em>, <em>and</em> I was not sick; they have beaten me, <em>and</em> I felt <em>it</em> not; when I shall awake, I will seek it yet again.
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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?”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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