Proverbs:27 Parallel Bible - WLD BAS |
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| Proverbs 27:1 | Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know 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. |
| Proverbs 27:2 | Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. | Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips. |
| Proverbs 27:3 | A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both. | A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these. |
| 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? |
| Proverbs 27:5 | Better is open rebuke Than hidden love. | Better is open protest than love kept secret. |
| Proverbs 27:6 | Faithful are the wounds of a friend; Although 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. |
| Proverbs 27:7 | A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a 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. |
| Proverbs 27:8 | As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home. | Like a bird wandering from the place of her eggs is a man wandering from his station. |
| Proverbs 27:9 | Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend. | Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul. |
| Proverbs 27:10 | 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. | 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. |
| Proverbs 27:11 | 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, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame. |
| Proverbs 27:12 | A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; 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. |
| Proverbs 27:13 | Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward 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. |
| Proverbs 27:14 | He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by 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. |
| Proverbs 27:15 | A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike: | Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman. |
| Proverbs 27:16 | Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand. | He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith. |
| Proverbs 27:17 | Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance. | Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend. |
| Proverbs 27:18 | Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. | Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured. |
| Proverbs 27:19 | As water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the man. | Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another. |
| Proverbs 27:20 | Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied. | The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough. |
| Proverbs 27:21 | The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined 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. |
| Proverbs 27:22 | Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed 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. |
| Proverbs 27:23 | Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds: | Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds; |
| Proverbs 27:24 | For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations. | For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations. |
| Proverbs 27:25 | The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, The grasses of the hills are gathered in. | The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in. |
| Proverbs 27:26 | The lambs are for your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field. | The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field: |
| Proverbs 27:27 | There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls. | There will be goats' milk enough for your food, and for the support of your servant-girls. |
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