31A HORSE [IS] PREPARED FOR A DAY OF BATTLE AND [BELONGS] TO YAHWEH THE VICTORY 31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
1[IS TO BE] CHOSEN A NAME MORE THAN WEALTH GREAT MORE THAN SILVER AND MORE THAN GOLD FAVOR GOOD A Good Name 1A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2[THE] RICH AND [THE] POOR THEY MEET TOGETHER [IS THE] MAKER OF ALL OF THEM YAHWEH 2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3A SENSIBLE [PERSON] HE SEES TROUBLE AND HE HIDES HIMSELF AND NAIVE PEOPLE THEY PASS ON AND THEY ARE PUNISHED 3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4[THE] CONSEQUENCE OF HUMILITY [THE] FEAR OF YAHWEH [IS] WEALTH AND HONOR AND LIFE 4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5THORNS SNARES [ARE] IN [THE] PATH OF A PERVERSE [PERSON] [ONE WHO] GUARDS SELF HIS HE WILL BE FAR FROM THEM 5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6TRAIN <TO> THE YOUTH ON [THE] MOUTH OF WAY HIS ALSO IF HE WILL BE OLD NOT HE WILL TURN ASIDE FROM IT 6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7A RICH [PERSON] OVER POOR [PEOPLE] HE RULES AND [IS] A SERVANT A BORROWER OF A PERSON A LENDER 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8[ONE WHO] SOWS UNRIGHTEOUSNESS HE WILL REAP TROUBLE AND [THE] ROD OF FURY HIS IT WILL END 8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.*NoteCloseLXX includes God blesses a cheerful and generous man, but foolish works will come to an end; see also 2 Corinthians 9:7.
9A [PERSON] GOOD OF EYE HE HE WILL BE BLESSED FOR HE GIVES SOME OF FOOD HIS TO <THE> POOR [PERSON] 9A generous man*NoteCloseLiterally He whose eye is good will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10DRIVE OUT A MOCKER SO <IT> MAY GO OUT STRIFE SO <IT> MAY CEASE DISPUTE AND SHAME 10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11[ONE WHO] LOVES PURE OF HEART [THE] GRACE OF LIPS HIS [IS] FRIEND HIS A KING 11He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12[THE] EYES OF YAHWEH THEY PRESERVE KNOWLEDGE AND HE HAS SUBVERTED [THE] WORDS OF [ONE WHO] ACTS TREACHEROUSLY 12The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13HE SAYS A SLUGGARD A LION [IS] IN THE STREET IN [THE] MIDST OF [THE] OPEN PLACES I WILL BE KILLED 13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14[IS] A PIT DEEP [THE] MOUTH OF STRANGE [WOMEN] [ONE WHO] IS CURSED OF YAHWEH HE WILL FALL THERE 14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
15FOOLISHNESS [IS] BOUND IN [THE] HEART OF A YOUTH A ROD OF DISCIPLINE IT WILL PUT FAR AWAY IT FROM HIM 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16[ONE WHO] OPPRESSES [THE] POOR TO INCREASE FOR HIMSELF [ONE WHO] GIVES TO A RICH [PERSON] ONLY TO POVERTY 16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
17INCLINE EAR YOUR AND HEAR [THE] WORDS OF WISE [PEOPLE] AND HEART YOUR YOU WILL SET TO KNOWLEDGE MY Thirty Sayings of the Wise<p class=|subhdg| 17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
18FOR [WILL BE] PLEASANT THAT YOU WILL KEEP THEM IN BELLY YOUR THEY WILL BE PREPARED TOGETHER ON LIPS YOUR 18for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19TO BE IN YAHWEH TRUST YOUR I TEACH YOU THIS DAY EVEN YOU 19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today— yes, you.
20¿ NOT HAVE I WRITTEN FOR <THE> YOU OFFICERS <IN> COUNSELS AND KNOWLEDGE 20Have I not written for you thirty sayings*NoteCloseOr written for you excellent sayings or written for you three times about counsel and knowledge,
21TO MAKE KNOWN TO YOU [THE] TRUTH OF WORDS OF FAITHFULNESS TO BRING BACK WORDS FAITHFULNESS TO [THOSE WHO] SENT YOU 21to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
22MAY NOT YOU ROB A POOR [PERSON] FOR [IS] POOR HE AND MAY NOT YOU CRUSH A POOR [PERSON] AT THE GATE Saying 2 22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
23FOR YAHWEH HE WILL CONDUCT CASE THEIR AND HE WILL ROB <OBJ.> [THOSE WHO] ROB THEM LIFE 23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
24MAY NOT YOU ASSOCIATE WITH A MASTER OF ANGER AND WITH A PERSON OF RAGE<S> NOT YOU MUST GO Saying 3 24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25LEST YOU SHOULD LEARN WAYS HIS AND YOU WILL TAKE A SNARE FOR SELF YOUR 25or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26MAY NOT YOU BE AMONG [THOSE WHO] STRIKE <OF> A PALM AMONG <THE> [THOSE WHO] STAND SURETY FOR DEBTS Saying 4 26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27IF NOT [BELONGS] TO YOU TO PAY <TO> WHY? WILL ANYONE TAKE BED YOUR FROM UNDER YOU 27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
28MAY NOT YOU DISPLACE A BOUNDARY OF ANTIQUITY WHICH THEY MADE ANCESTORS YOUR Saying 5 28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
29YOU SEE A PERSON SKILLED IN WORK HIS <TO> BEFORE KINGS HE WILL TAKE HIS STAND NOT HE WILL TAKE HIS STAND <TO> BEFORE INSIGNIFICANT [PEOPLE] Saying 6 29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.