Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
3 A stone <em>is</em> heavy and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath <em>is</em> heavier than them both.
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Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath <em>is</em> cruel, and anger <em>is</em> impetuous, but who <em>is</em> able to stand before envy?
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Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke <em>is</em> better than secret love.
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Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Faithful <em>are</em> the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy <em>are</em> deceitful.
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Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
7 The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
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One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so <em>is</em> a man that wanders from his place.
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Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so <em>does</em> the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
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Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
10 Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father’s friend, neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity, <em>for</em> better <em>is</em> a neighbour <em>that is</em> near than a brother far off.
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Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad that I may answer him that reproaches me.
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Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12 A prudent <em>man</em> foresees the evil <em>and</em> hides himself, <em>but</em> the simple pass on <em>and</em> are hurt by it.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman.
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Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
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If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 A continual dripping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
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A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, because the oil in his right hand cries <em>out</em>.
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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18 Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof, so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
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The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19 As in water face <em>corresponds</em> to face, so the heart of man to man.
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As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
20 Sheol and hell are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 As the fining pot tries the silver and the furnace the gold; so the man is tried by the mouth of whoever praises him.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22 Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, <em>yet</em> his foolishness will not depart from him.
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Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
23 Be thou diligent to know the countenance of thy sheep, <em>and</em> put thy heart into thy herds.
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Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
24 For riches <em>are</em> not for ever, and does the crown <em>endure</em> to every generation?
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for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25 The tender grass shows itself, and the hay appears, and the herbs of the mountains are reaped.
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When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26 The lambs <em>are</em> for thy clothing, and the goats <em>are</em> for the price of the field.
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the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27 And <em>thou shalt have</em> goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and <em>for</em> the maintenance of thy maidens.
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You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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