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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. | Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth. | Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day 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 man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine 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 sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both. | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath 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? | Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? | Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? |
| Proverbs 27:5 | Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. | Better is open protest than love kept secret. | Better is open rebuke Than hidden love. | Open rebuke is better than secret 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; Although the kisses of an enemy are profuse. | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. |
| 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. | A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet. | The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is 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 wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home. | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from 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. | Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend. | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. |
| 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. | Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother. | Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far 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 bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor. | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. |
| 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 sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it: | A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
| 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 when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman! | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| 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 who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by him. | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. |
| 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 rainy day And a contentious wife are alike: | A continual dropping in a very rainy 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. | Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand. | Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. |
| 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 sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance. | 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. | Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. | Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. |
| 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 water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the man. | As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. |
| 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 Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied. | Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man 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 crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise. | As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. |
| 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. | Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart 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; | Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds: | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. |
| 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 riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations. | For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every 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 new growth appears, The grasses of the hills are gathered in. | The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. |
| 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 your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field. | The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are 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. | There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls. | And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. |
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