The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 fili mi si spoponderis pro amico tuo defixisti apud extraneum manum tuam
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My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;
2 inlaqueatus es verbis oris tui et captus propriis sermonibus
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if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;
3 fac ergo quod dico fili mi et temet ipsum libera quia incidisti in manu proximi tui discurre festina suscita amicum tuum
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then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.
4 ne dederis somnum oculis tuis nec dormitent palpebrae tuae
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Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
5 eruere quasi dammula de manu et quasi avis de insidiis aucupis
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save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 vade ad formicam o piger et considera vias eius et disce sapientiam
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Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
7 quae cum non habeat ducem nec praeceptorem nec principem
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Without having any chief, officer or ruler,
8 parat aestate cibum sibi et congregat in messe quod comedat
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she prepares her food in summer, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.
9 usquequo piger dormis quando consurges ex somno tuo
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How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
10 paululum dormies paululum dormitabis paululum conseres manus ut dormias
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 et veniet tibi quasi viator egestas et pauperies quasi vir armatus
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and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.
12 homo apostata vir inutilis graditur ore perverso
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A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
13 annuit oculis terit pede digito loquitur
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winks with his eyes, scrapes with his feet, points with his finger,
14 pravo corde machinatur malum et in omni tempore iurgia seminat
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with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
15 huic extemplo veniet perditio sua et subito conteretur nec habebit ultra medicinam
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therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
16 sex sunt quae odit Dominus et septimum detestatur anima eius
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There are six things which the LORD hates, seven which are an abomination to him:
17 oculos sublimes linguam mendacem manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 cor machinans cogitationes pessimas pedes veloces ad currendum in malum
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a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 proferentem mendacia testem fallacem et eum qui seminat inter fratres discordias
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a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.
20 conserva fili mi praecepta patris tui et ne dimittas legem matris tuae
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My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
21 liga ea in corde tuo iugiter et circumda gutturi tuo
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Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.
22 cum ambulaveris gradiantur tecum cum dormieris custodiant te et evigilans loquere cum eis
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When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
23 quia mandatum lucerna est et lex lux et via vitae increpatio disciplinae
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For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24 ut custodiant te a muliere mala et a blanda lingua extraneae
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to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
25 non concupiscat pulchritudinem eius cor tuum nec capiaris nutibus illius
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Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
26 pretium enim scorti vix unius est panis mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit
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for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.
27 numquid abscondere potest homo ignem in sinu suo ut vestimenta illius non ardeant
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Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
28 aut ambulare super prunas et non conburentur plantae eius
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Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
29 sic qui ingreditur ad mulierem proximi sui non erit mundus cum tetigerit eam
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So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
30 non grandis est culpae cum quis furatus fuerit furatur enim ut esurientem impleat animam
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Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?
31 deprehensus quoque reddet septuplum et omnem substantiam domus suae tradet
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And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.
32 qui autem adulter est propter cordis inopiam perdet animam suam
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He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.
33 turpitudinem et ignominiam congregat sibi et obprobrium illius non delebitur
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Wounds and dishonor will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 quia zelus et furor viri non parcet in die vindictae
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For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
35 nec adquiescet cuiusquam precibus nec suscipiet pro redemptione dona plurima
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He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.
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