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| Proverbs 27:1 | Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth. | Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. | Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth. | Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth. |
| Proverbs 27:2 | Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. | Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. | Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your 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 them both. | A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. | A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both. | A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both. |
| Proverbs 27:4 | Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy? | Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? | Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; 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 | Open rebuke is better than hidden love. | Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. | Better is open rebuke 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. | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse. | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; Although 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 trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. | The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. | A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a 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. | As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. | 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 leaveth his place. |
| Proverbs 27:9 | Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel. | Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend [that cometh] of hearty counsel. | Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend. | 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 into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me. | My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me. | Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor. | 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; the simple pass on, [and] are punished. | A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it. | A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it: | The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses. |
| Proverbs 27:13 | Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman. | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman. | Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward 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 reckoned a curse to him. | He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. | 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 neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth. |
| Proverbs 27:15 | A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike: | A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: | A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike: | Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike. |
| Proverbs 27:16 | whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil. | He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. | Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand. | 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 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. | 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 guardeth his master shall be honoured. | Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. | Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. | 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. | As in water face [answereth] to face, So the heart of man to man. | As water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the 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 destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. | Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. | Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied. | Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied. |
| Proverbs 27:21 | The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him. | The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is [tried] by his praise. | The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise. | 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 | If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. | Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart 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 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 well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: | Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds: | Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds: | Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks : |
| Proverbs 27:24 | for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation? | For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? | For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations. | For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation. |
| Proverbs 27:25 | The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in. | The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. | The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, The grasses of the hills 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 a field; | The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; | The lambs are for your 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 is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens. | And [there will be] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens. | There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls. | 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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