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.
1IF YOU WILL SIT DOWN TO EAT WITH A RULER CAREFULLY <CONSIDER> YOU WILL CONSIDER <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH [IS] <TO> BEFORE YOU True Riches (1 Timothy 6:17–19; James 5:1–6) 1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,*NoteCloseOr who is before you
2AND YOU WILL PUT A KNIFE IN THROAT YOUR IF [ARE] A MASTER OF APPETITE YOU 2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3MAY NOT YOU CRAVE FOR DAINTIES HIS AND IT [IS] FOOD OF LIES 3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4MAY NOT YOU LABOR TO GAIN RICHES FROM UNDERSTANDING YOUR CEASE Saying 8 4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5¿ DO YOU CAUSE TO FLY EYES YOUR ON IT AND THERE NOT [IS] IT FOR CERTAINLY <TO MAKE> IT MAKES FOR ITSELF WINGS LIKE AN EAGLE IT FLIES AWAY THE HEAVENS 5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
6MAY NOT YOU EAT <OBJ.> [THE] FOOD OF A [PERSON] EVIL OF EYE AND MAY NOT YOU CRAVE FOR DAINTIES HIS Saying 9 6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,*NoteCloseLiterally of him whose eye is evil and do not crave his delicacies;
7FOR AS HE CALCULATES IN SELF HIS [IS] SO HE EAT AND DRINK HE SAYS TO YOU AND HEART HIS NOT [IS] WITH YOU 7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost.*NoteCloseOr for as he calculates in his soul, so is he “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8MORSEL YOUR [WHICH] YOU HAVE EATEN YOU WILL VOMIT UP IT AND YOU WILL SPOIL WORDS YOUR <THE> PLEASANT 8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9IN [THE] EARS OF A FOOL MAY NOT YOU SPEAK FOR HE WILL DESPISE <TO> [THE] INSIGHT OF WORDS YOUR Saying 10 9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10MAY NOT YOU DISPLACE A BOUNDARY OF ANTIQUITY AND IN [THE] FIELDS OF FATHERLESS ONES MAY NOT YOU GO Saying 11 10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11FOR REDEEMER THEIR [IS] STRONG HE HE WILL CONDUCT <OBJ.> CASE THEIR WITH YOU 11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
12BRING! TO <THE> DISCIPLINE HEART YOUR AND EARS YOUR TO WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE Saying 12 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13MAY NOT YOU WITHHOLD FROM A YOUTH DISCIPLINE FOR YOU WILL STRIKE HIM WITH THE ROD NOT HE WILL DIE Saying 13 13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14YOU WITH THE ROD YOU WILL STRIKE HIM AND LIFE HIS FROM SHEOL YOU WILL DELIVER 14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
15O SON MY IF IT IS WISE HEART YOUR IT WILL REJOICE HEART MY ALSO I Saying 14 15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16SO THEY MAY REJOICE KIDNEYS MY WHEN SPEAK LIPS YOUR UPRIGHTNESS<ES> 16My inmost being*NoteCloseHebrew My kidneys will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17MAY NOT IT BE JEALOUS HEART OF YOUR <IN> SINNERS THAT EXCEPT IN [THE] FEAR OF YAHWEH ALL THE DAY Saying 15 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18THAT EXCEPT THERE [IS] A FUTURE AND HOPE YOUR NOT IT WILL BE CUT OFF 18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19LISTEN O YOU SON MY AND BE WISE AND GUIDE IN THE WAY HEART YOUR Saying 16 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20MAY NOT YOU BE AMONG DRUNKARDS OF WINE AMONG GLUTTONS OF MEAT <FOR> THEMSELVES 20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat
21FOR A DRUNKARD AND A GLUTTON HE WILL BECOME IMPOVERISHED AND RAGS IT WILL CLOTHE [THEM] DROWSINESS 21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
22LISTEN TO FATHER YOUR WHO HE BEGOT YOU AND MAY NOT YOU DESPISE IF SHE IS OLD MOTHER YOUR Saying 17 22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23TRUTH BUY AND MAY NOT YOU SELL [IT] WISDOM AND DISCIPLINE AND UNDERSTANDING 23Invest in truth and never sell it— in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24CERTAINLY <TO REJOICE> HE REJOICES [THE] FATHER OF A RIGHTEOUS [SON] AND [ONE WHO] BEGETS A WISE [SON] HE REJOICES IN HIM 24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25MAY HE REJOICE FATHER YOUR AND MOTHER YOUR AND MAY SHE REJOICE [THE] [ONE WHO] BORE YOU 25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
26GIVE! O SON MY HEART YOUR TO ME AND EYES YOUR WAYS MY LET THEM OBSERVE Saying 18 26My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27FOR [IS] A PIT DEEP A PROSTITUTE AND [IS] A WELL NARROW A FOREIGN [WOMAN] 27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress*NoteCloseOr a foreign woman or a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28ALSO SHE LIKE A ROBBER SHE LIES IN WAIT AND TREACHEROUS [PEOPLE] AMONG HUMANKIND SHE INCREASES 28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
29[BELONGS] TO WHOM? WOE [BELONGS] TO WHOM? WOE! [BELONG] TO WHOM? CONTENTIONS [BELONGS] TO WHOM? COMPLAINT [BELONG] TO WHOM? WOUNDS WITHOUT CAUSE [BELONGS] TO WHOM? DULLNESS OF EYES Saying 19 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30TO <THE> [THOSE WHO] DELAY OVER THE WINE TO <THE> [THOSE WHO] GO TO EXAMINE MIXED WINE 30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31MAY NOT YOU SEE WINE FOR IT WILL BE RED IF IT WILL GIVE IN THE CUP EYE ITS IT WILL GO WITH SMOOTHNESS<ES> 31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32END ITS LIKE A SNAKE IT WILL BITE AND LIKE A VIPER IT WILL STING 32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
33EYES YOUR THEY WILL SEE STRANGE [THINGS] AND HEART YOUR IT WILL SPEAK PERVERSE THINGS 33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
34AND YOU WILL BE LIKE [ONE WHO] LIES DOWN IN [THE] HEART OF [THE] SEA AND LIKE [ONE WHO] LIES DOWN AT [THE] TOP OF A MAST 34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
35THEY STRUCK ME NOT I AM SICK THEY BEAT ME NOT I KNOW WHEN? WILL I AWAKE I WILL REPEAT I WILL SEEK IT AGAIN 35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”