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