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| Proverbs 27:1 | Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. | Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be. | Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth. | Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth. |
| Proverbs 27:2 | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. | Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips. | Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. | Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips. |
| Proverbs 27:3 | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. | A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these. | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both. | A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. |
| Proverbs 27:4 | Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? | Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy? | Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy? | Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked? |
| Proverbs 27:5 | Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. | Better is open protest than love kept secret. | Open rebuke is better than hidden love. | Open rebuke is better than hidden love. |
| Proverbs 27:6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse. | The wounds of a friend are given in good faith, but the kisses of a hater are false. | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. | Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy. |
| Proverbs 27:7 | The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. | The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet. | The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. | A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet. |
| Proverbs 27:8 | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. | Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station. | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place. |
| Proverbs 27:9 | Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel. | Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul. | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel. | Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul. |
| Proverbs 27:10 | Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. | Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off. | Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. | Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off. |
| Proverbs 27:11 | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me. | My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame. | Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me. | Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth. |
| Proverbs 27:12 | A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it. | The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble. | A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished. | The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses. |
| Proverbs 27:13 | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman. | Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men. | Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman. | Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers. |
| Proverbs 27:14 | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. | He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse. | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him. | He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth. |
| Proverbs 27:15 | A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: | Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman. | A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike: | Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike. |
| Proverbs 27:16 | He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. | He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith. | whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil. | He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand. |
| Proverbs 27:17 | Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. | Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend. | Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. | Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. |
| Proverbs 27:18 | Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. | Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured. | Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured. | He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified. |
| Proverbs 27:19 | As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man. | Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another. | As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man. | As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise. |
| Proverbs 27:20 | Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. | The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough. | Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. | Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. |
| Proverbs 27:21 | The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise. | The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for. | The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him. | As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge. |
| Proverbs 27:22 | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. | Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him. | If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. | Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. |
| Proverbs 27:23 | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds: | Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds; | Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: | Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks : |
| Proverbs 27:24 | For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? | For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations. | for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation? | For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation. |
| Proverbs 27:25 | The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. | The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in. | The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in. | The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains. |
| Proverbs 27:26 | The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; | The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field: | The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field; | Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field. |
| Proverbs 27:27 | And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens. | There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls. | and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens. | Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids. |
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