The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what the day may bring.
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Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 Stone is heavy and sand a dead weight, but a fool's provocation outweighs them both.
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
4 Fury is cruel and anger overwhelming, but who can stand up to jealousy?
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Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
5 Better open rebuke than hidden love.
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Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 Wounds from a friend are received as well-meant, but an enemy's kisses are insincere.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
7 A person who is full loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.
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The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 Perfume and incense make the heart glad, [also] friendship sweet with advice from the heart.
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10 Don't abandon a friend who is also a friend of your father. Don't enter your brother's house on the day of your calamity -better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 My son, become wise, and gladden my heart, so that I can answer my critics.
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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
12 The clever see trouble coming and hide; the thoughtless go on and pay the penalty.
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A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
13 Seize his clothes because he guaranteed a stranger's loan; take them as security for that unknown woman.
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
14 Whoever greets his neighbor in a loud voice at dawn might just as well have cursed him.
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
15 A leak that keeps dripping on a rainy day and the nagging of a wife are the same -
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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
16 whoever can restrain her can restrain the wind or keep perfume on his hand from making itself known.
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Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
17 Just as iron sharpens iron, a person sharpens the character of his friend.
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Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoever tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who is attentive to his master will be honored.
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Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
19 Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.
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As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 Sh'ol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
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Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 The crucible [tests] silver, and the furnace [tests] gold, but a person [is tested] by [his reaction to] praise.
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As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
22 You can crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle, along with the grain being crushed; yet his foolishness will not leave him.
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23 Take care to know the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds.
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
24 For wealth doesn't last forever, neither does a crown through all generations.
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For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
25 When the hay has been mown, and the new grass appears, and the mountain greens have been gathered;
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The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
26 the lambs will provide your clothing, the goats will sell for enough to buy a field,
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The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27 and there will be enough goat's milk to [buy] food for you and your household and maintenance for your servant-girls.
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And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The King James Version is in the public domain.