My son,
if thou be surety
for thy friend,
if thou hast stricken
thy hand
with a stranger,
Thou art snared
with the words
of thy mouth,
thou art taken
with the words
of thy mouth.
Do
this now,
my son,
and deliver
thyself, when thou art come
into the hand
of thy friend;
go,
humble
thyself, and make sure
thy friend.
go
ἴθι
ithi
give
ἐνεγυήσω
enegyēsō
Give
not sleep
to thine eyes,
nor slumber
to thine eyelids.
Deliver
thyself as a roe
from the hand
of the hunter, and as a bird
from the hand
of the fowler.
Go
to the ant,
thou sluggard;
consider
her ways,
and be wise:
Which having no guide,
overseer,
or ruler,
Provideth
her meat
in the summer,
and gathereth
her food
in the harvest.
reaping
ἀμήτῳ
amētō
juxta-position
παράθεσιν
parathesin
bee
μέλισσαν
melissan
workwoman
ἐργάτις
ergatis
health
ὑγίειαν
hygieian
longed for
ποθεινὴ
potheinē
likely
ἐπίδοξος
epidoxos
bodily strength
ῥώμῃ
rhōmē
How long wilt thou sleep,
O sluggard?
when wilt thou arise
out of thy sleep?
Yet a little
sleep,
a little
slumber,
a little
folding
of the hands
to sleep:
So shall thy poverty
come
as one that travelleth,
and thy want
as an armed
man.
come in upon
ἐμπαραγίνεταί
emparaginetai
wayfarer
ὁδοιπόρος
hodoiporos
poverty
πενία
penia
want
ἔνδεια
endeia
runner
δρομεύς
dromeus
without hesitation
ἄοκνος
aoknos
reaping
ἀμητός
amētos
want
ἔνδεια
endeia
runner
δρομεὺς
dromeus
go of one's own accord
ἀπαυτομολήσει
apautomolēsei
A naughty
person,
a wicked
man,
walketh
with a froward
mouth.
He winketh
with his eyes,
he speaketh
with his feet,
he teacheth
with his fingers;
Frowardness
is in his heart,
he deviseth
mischief
continually;
he soweth
discord.
Therefore shall his calamity
come
suddenly;
suddenly
shall he be broken
without remedy.
These six
things doth the LORD
hate:
yea, seven
are an abomination
unto him:
A proud
look,
a lying
tongue,
and hands
that shed
innocent
blood,
An heart
that deviseth
wicked
imaginations,
feet
that be swift
in running
to mischief,
A false
witness
that speaketh
lies,
and he that soweth
discord
among brethren.
My son,
keep
thy father's
commandment,
and forsake
not the law
of thy mother:
Bind
them continually
upon thine heart,
and tie
them about thy neck.
When thou goest,
it shall lead
thee; when thou sleepest,
it shall keep
thee; and when thou awakest,
it shall talk
with thee.
For the commandment
is a lamp;
and the law
is light;
and reproofs
of instruction
are the way
of life:
To keep
thee from the evil
woman,
from the flattery
of the tongue
of a strange woman.
Lust
not after her beauty
in thine heart;
neither let her take
thee with her eyelids.
For by means of
a whorish
woman
a man is brought to a piece
of bread:
and the adulteress
will hunt
for the precious
life.
Can a man
take
fire
in his bosom,
and his clothes
not be burned?
Can one
go
upon hot coals,
and his feet
not be burned?
So he that goeth in
to his neighbour's
wife;
whosoever toucheth
her shall not be innocent.
Men do not despise
a thief,
if he steal
to satisfy
his soul
when he is hungry;
But if he be found,
he shall restore
sevenfold;
he shall give
all the substance
of his house.
But whoso committeth adultery
with a woman
lacketh
understanding:
he that doeth
it destroyeth
his own soul.
A wound
and dishonour
shall he get;
and his reproach
shall not be wiped away.
For jealousy
is the rage
of a man:
therefore he will not spare
in the day
of vengeance.
He will not regard
any ransom;
neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many
gifts.
