The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 luxuriosa res vinum et tumultuosa ebrietas quicumque his delectatur non erit sapiens
1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
2 sicut rugitus leonis ita terror regis qui provocat eum peccat in animam suam
2
The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion; he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
3 honor est homini qui separat se a contentionibus omnes autem stulti miscentur contumeliis
3
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 does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
5 sicut aqua profunda sic consilium in corde viri sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud
5
The purpose in a man's mind 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 a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?
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 sons 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 winnows 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 clean; I am pure from my sin"?
10 pondus et pondus mensura et mensura utrumque abominabile est apud Deum
10
Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
11 ex studiis suis intellegitur puer si munda et si recta sint opera eius
11
Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and 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 them both.
13 noli diligere somnum ne te egestas opprimat aperi oculos tuos et saturare panibus
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Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
14 malum est malum est dicit omnis emptor et cum recesserit tunc gloriabitur
14
"It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
15 est aurum et multitudo gemmarum vas autem pretiosum labia scientiae
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There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 tolle vestimentum eius qui fideiussor extitit alieni et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo
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Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
17 suavis est homini panis mendacii et postea implebitur os eius calculo
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Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
18 cogitationes consiliis roborantur et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella
18
Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
19 ei qui revelat mysteria et ambulat fraudulenter et dilatat labia sua ne commiscearis
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He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
20 qui maledicit patri suo et matri extinguetur lucerna eius in mediis tenebris
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If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
21 hereditas ad quam festinatur in principio in novissimo benedictione carebit
21
An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
22 ne dicas reddam malum expecta Dominum et liberabit te
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Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
23 abominatio est apud Deum pondus et pondus statera dolosa non est bona
23
Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
24 a Domino diriguntur gressus viri quis autem hominum intellegere potest viam suam
24
A man's steps are ordered by 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 for a man to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making his vows.
26 dissipat impios rex sapiens et curvat super eos fornicem
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A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
27 lucerna Domini spiraculum hominis quae investigat omnia secreta ventris
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The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
28 misericordia et veritas custodiunt regem et roboratur clementia thronus eius
28
Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
29 exultatio iuvenum fortitudo eorum et dignitas senum canities
29
The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.
30 livor vulneris absterget mala et plagae in secretioribus ventris
30
Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.