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?”
1MAY NOT YOU BE JEALOUS OF PEOPLE OF EVIL AND MAY NOT YOU DESIRE TO BE WITH THEM Do Not Envy<p class=|indent1stline| 1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
2FOR VIOLENCE IT PLOTS HEART THEIR AND TROUBLE LIPS THEIR THEY SPEAK 2for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
3BY WISDOM IT IS BUILT A HOUSE AND BY UNDERSTANDING IT IS ESTABLISHED Saying 21 3By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
4AND BY KNOWLEDGE ROOMS THEY ARE FILLED ALL WEALTH PRECIOUS AND PLEASANT 4through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
5A MAN WISE [WHO IS] IN <THE> STRENGTH AND A PERSON OF KNOWLEDGE [IS] MAKING FIRM STRENGTH Saying 22 5A wise man is strong,*NoteCloseLXX The wise are mightier than the strong and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
6FOR BY WISE DIRECTIONS YOU WILL MAKE FOR YOURSELF WAR AND VICTORY [IS] IN A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELOR[S] 6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
7[ARE] HIGH FOR A FOOL WISDOM<S> IN THE GATE NOT HE OPENS MOUTH HIS Saying 23 7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
8[ONE WHO] PLANS TO DO EVIL <TO> HIM MASTER OF PLOTS PEOPLE WILL CALL Saying 24 8He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
9A PLAN OF FOOLISHNESS [IS] SIN AND [IS] AN ABOMINATION TO HUMANKIND A MOCKER 9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
10YOU HAVE SHOWN YOURSELF WITHOUT COURAGE IN A DAY OF TROUBLE [IS] NARROW STRENGTH YOUR Saying 25 10If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
11DELIVER [THOSE BEING] TAKEN TO <THE> DEATH AND [THOSE WHO] ARE STAGGERING TO THE SLAUGHTER IF YOU WILL RESTRAIN 11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
12IF YOU WILL SAY HERE! NOT WE KNEW THIS ¿ NOT [ONE WHO] WEIGHS HEARTS HE DOES HE PERCEIVE AND [ONE WHO] GUARDS LIFE YOUR HE DOES HE KNOW? AND WILL HE REPAY? TO A PERSON ACCORDING TO WORK HIS 12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
13EAT O SON MY HONEY FOR [IT IS] GOOD AND HONEY FROM [THE] COMB [IS] SWEET ON PALATE YOUR Saying 26 13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14THUS KNOW! WISDOM FOR SELF YOUR IF YOU FIND [IT] AND THERE [IS] A FUTURE AND HOPE YOUR NOT IT WILL BE CUT OFF 14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
15MAY NOT YOU LIE IN WAIT WICKED [PERSON] TO [THE] HABITATION OF A RIGHTEOUS [PERSON] MAY NOT YOU DEVASTATE RESTING PLACE HIS Saying 27 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
16FOR SEVEN [TIMES] HE WILL FALL A RIGHTEOUS [PERSON] AND HE WILL RISE AND WICKED [PEOPLE] THEY WILL STUMBLE IN TROUBLE 16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
17WHEN FALLS ENEMY YOUR MAY NOT YOU REJOICE AND WHEN STUMBLES HE MAY NOT IT REJOICE HEART YOUR Saying 28 17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18LEST HE SHOULD SEE YAHWEH AND IT WILL BE DISPLEASING IN VIEW HIS AND HE WILL TURN BACK FROM TOWARDS <THE> HIM ANGER HIS 18or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
19MAY NOT YOU FRET YOURSELF BY <THE> EVIL-DOERS MAY NOT YOU BE JEALOUS OF <THE> WICKED [PEOPLE] Saying 29 19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
20FOR NOT IT WILL BELONG A FUTURE TO THE EVIL [PERSON] [THE] LAMP OF WICKED [PEOPLE] IT WILL BE EXTINGUISHED 20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
21FEAR <OBJ.> YAHWEH O SON MY AND [THE] KING WITH [THOSE WHO] CHANGE MAY NOT YOU GET INVOLVED Saying 30 21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
22FOR SUDDENLY IT WILL ARISE CALAMITY THEIR AND [THE] DISASTER OF BOTH OF THEM WHO? [IS] KNOWING 22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
23ALSO THESE [BELONG] TO WISE [PEOPLE] TO PAY REGARD TO FACE IN JUDGMENT NOT [IS] GOOD Further Sayings of the Wise 23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24[ONE WHO] SAYS TO A WICKED [PERSON] [ARE] RIGHTEOUS YOU THEY WILL CURSE HIM PEOPLES THEY WILL DENOUNCE HIM NATIONS 24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
25AND FOR THE [ONES WHO] REBUKE [THEM] IT WILL BE PLEASANT AND ON THEM IT WILL COME BLESSING OF GOOD THING[S] 25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
26LIPS HE KISSES [ONE WHO] BRING BACK WORDS RIGHT 26An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
27ESTABLISH ON THE OUTSIDE WORK YOUR AND MAKE READY IT IN THE FIELD FOR YOURSELF AFTER AND YOU WILL BUILD HOUSE YOUR 27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field after that, you may build your house.
28MAY NOT YOU BE A WITNESS WITHOUT CAUSE IN NEIGHBOR YOUR AND ¿ WILL YOU DECEIVE WITH LIPS YOUR 28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29MAY NOT YOU SAY JUST AS HE HAS DONE TO ME SO I WILL DO TO HIM I WILL REPAY TO THE PERSON ACCORDING TO DEED HIS 29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30AT [THE] FIELD OF A PERSON LAZY I PASSED BY AND AT [THE] VINEYARD OF A PERSON LACKING OF HEART 30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
31AND THERE! IT HAD GROWN UP ALL OF IT THORNS THEY WERE COVERED SURFACE<S> ITS NETTLES AND [THE] WALL OF STONES ITS IT WAS BROKEN DOWN 31Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
32AND I SAW I I SET HEART MY I SAW I RECEIVED INSTRUCTION 32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
33A LITTLE OF SLEEP<S> A LITTLE OF SLUMBER<S> A LITTLE OF FOLDING OF HANDS TO REST 33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
34AND IT WILL COME GOING ABOUT POVERTY YOUR AND POVERTI<ES> YOUR LIKE A MAN OF SHIELD 34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.