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  23:1 ¶
If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before thee: |
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23:1 ¶
Whenº
thou sittestºº
to eatºº
withº
a ruler,ºº
considerºº
diligentlyººº
whatº
[is] beforeº
thee: |
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23:2
and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such [meats]: but if thou art very insatiable, |
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23:2
And putºº
a knifeº
to thy throat,º
ifº
thouº
[be] a manº
givenº
to appetite.º |
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23:3
desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life. |
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23:3
Be notº
desirousºº
of his dainties:º
for theyº
[are] deceitfulº
meat.º |
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23:4
If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom. |
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23:4
Labourºº
notº
to be rich:ºº
ceaseºº
fromº
thine own wisdom.º |
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23:5
If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master. |
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23:5
Wilt thou setºººº
thine eyesº
upon that which is not?º
forº
[riches] certainlyºº
makeºº
themselves wings;º
they fly awayºººº
as an eagleº
toward heaven.º |
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23:6
Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats: |
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23:6
Eatºº
thou notºº
the breadº
of [him that hath] an evilº
eye,º
neitherº
desireºº
thou his dainty meats:º |
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23:7
so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him: |
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23:7
Forº
asº
he thinkethºº
in his heart,º
soº
[is] he:º
Eatºº
and drink,ºº
saithºº
he to thee; but his heartº
[is] notº
with thee.º |
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23:8
for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words. |
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23:8
The morselº
[which] thou hast eatenºº
shalt thou vomit up,ºº
and loseºº
thy sweetº
words.º |
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23:9
Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words. |
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23:9
Speakºº
notº
in the earsº
of a fool:º
forº
he will despiseºº
the wisdomº
of thy words.º |
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23:10
Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless: |
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23:10
Removeºº
notº
the oldº
landmark;º
and enterºº
notº
into the fieldsº
of the fatherless:º |
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23:11
for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee. |
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23:11
Forº
their redeemerºº
[is] mighty;º
heº
shall pleadººº
their causeº
withº
thee. |
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23:12
Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion. |
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23:12
Applyºº
thine heartº
unto instruction,º
and thine earsº
to the wordsº
of knowledge.º |
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23:13
Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. |
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23:13
Withholdºº
notº
correctionº
from the child:ºº
forº
[if] thou beatestºº
him with the rod,º
he shall notº
die.ºº |
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23:14
For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death. |
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23:14
Thouº
shalt beatºº
him with the rod,º
and shalt deliverºº
his soulº
from hell.ºº |
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23:15
Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart; |
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23:15
My son,º
ifº
thine heartº
be wise,ºº
my heartº
shall rejoice,ºº
evenº
mine.º |
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23:16
and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right. |
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23:16
Yea, my reinsº
shall rejoice,ºº
when thy lipsº
speakºº
right things.º |
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23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day. |
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23:17
Let notº
thine heartº
envyºº
sinners:º
butº
[be thou] in the fearº
of Yahwehº
allº
the dayº
long. |
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23:18
For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed. |
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23:18
Forº
surelyº
there isº
an end;º
and thine expectationº
shall notº
be cut off.ºº |
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23:19
Hear, [my] son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart. |
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23:19
Hearºº
thou,º
my son,º
and be wise,ºº
and guideºº
thine heartº
in the way.º |
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23:20
Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh: |
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23:20
Beº
notº
among winebibbers;ººº
among riotous eatersºº
of flesh:º |
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23:21
for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments. |
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23:21
Forº
the drunkardºº
and the gluttonºº
shall come to poverty:ºº
and drowsinessº
shall clotheºº
[a man] with rags.º |
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23:22
Hearken, [my] son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not [thy mother] because she is grown old. |
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23:22
Hearkenºº
unto thy fatherº
thatº
begatºº
thee, and despiseºº
notº
thy motherº
whenº
she is old.ºº |
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23:23
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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23:23
Buyºº
the truth,º
and sellºº
[it] not;º
[also] wisdom,º
and instruction,º
and understanding.º |
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23:24
A righteous father brings up [his children] well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son. |
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23:24
The fatherº
of the righteousº
shall greatlyº
rejoice:ºº
and he that begettethºº
a wiseº
[child] shall have joyºº
of him. |
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23:25
Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad. |
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23:25
Thy fatherº
and thy motherº
shall be glad,ºº
and she that bareºº
thee shall rejoice.ºº |
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23:26
[My] son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. |
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23:26
My son,º
giveºº
me thine heart,º
and let thine eyesº
observeººº
my ways.º |
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23:27
For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow. |
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23:27
Forº
a whoreºº
[is] a deepº
ditch;º
and a strangeº
womanº
[is] a narrowº
pit.º |
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23:28
For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off. |
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23:28
Sheº
alsoº
lieth in waitºº
as [for] a prey,º
and increasethºº
the transgressorsºº
among men.º |
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23:29
Who [has] woe? who trouble? who [has] quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who [has] bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid? |
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23:29
Whoº
hath woe?º
whoº
hath sorrow?º
whoº
hath contentions?ººº
whoº
hath babbling?º
whoº
hath woundsº
without cause?º
whoº
hath rednessº
of eyes?º |
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23:30
Are not those of them that stay long at wine? [are] not [those] of them that haunt [the places] where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse [with them] openly. |
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23:30
They that tarry longºº
atº
the wine;º
they that goºº
to seekºº
mixed wine.º |
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23:31
For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle. |
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23:31
Lookºº
notº
thou upon the wineº
whenº
it is red,ºº
whenº
it givethºº
his colourº
in the cup,ººº
[when] it movethºº
itselfº
aright.º |
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23:32
But at last [such a one] stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. |
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23:32
At the lastº
it bitethºº
like a serpent,º
and stingethºº
like an adder.º |
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23:33
Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak perverse things. |
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23:33
Thine eyesº
shall beholdºº
strange women,ºº
and thine heartº
shall utterºº
perverse things.º |
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23:34
And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm. |
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23:34
Yea, thou shalt beº
as he that lieth downºº
in the midstº
of the sea,º
or as he that liethºº
upon the topº
of a mast.º |
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23:35
And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company? |
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23:35
They have strickenºº
me, [shalt thou say, and] I was notº
sick;ºº
they have beatenºº
me, [and] I feltºº
[it] not:º
whenº
shall I awake?ºº
I will seekºº
it yetºº
again.º |
