The Latin Vulgate VUL
The Darby Translation DBY
1 ne glorieris in crastinum ignorans quid superventura pariat dies
1
Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
2 laudet te alienus et non os tuum extraneus et non labia tua
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Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3 grave est saxum et onerosa harena sed ira stulti utroque gravior
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
4 ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit
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Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus
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Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
6 meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta odientis oscula
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 anima saturata calcabit favum anima esuriens et amarum pro dulce sumet
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The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8 sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo sic vir qui relinquit locum suum
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur
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Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel.
10 amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die adflictionis tuae melior est vicinus iuxta quam frater procul
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
11 stude sapientiae fili mi et laetifica cor meum ut possim exprobranti respondere sermonem
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Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me.
12 astutus videns malum absconditus est parvuli transeuntes sustinuere dispendia
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A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
13 tolle vestimentum eius qui spopondit pro extraneo et pro alienis auferto pignus
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Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
14 qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit
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He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him.
15 tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier conparantur
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A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike:
16 qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat et oleum dexterae suae vocabit
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whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
17 ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui
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Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
18 qui servat ficum comedet fructus eius et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur
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Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.
19 quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus
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As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.
20 infernus et perditio non replentur similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles
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Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
21 quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum sic probatur homo ore laudantis
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The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.
22 si contuderis stultum in pila quasi tisanas feriente desuper pilo non auferetur ab eo stultitia eius
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If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
23 diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui tuosque greges considera
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Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds:
24 non enim habebis iugiter potestatem sed corona tribuetur in generatione generationum
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for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation?
25 aperta sunt prata et apparuerunt herbae virentes et collecta sunt faena de montibus
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The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26 agni ad vestimentum tuum et hedi agri pretium
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The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field;
27 sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos in necessaria domus tuae et ad victum ancillis tuis
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and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens.
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