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When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
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When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what [is] before you;
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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
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And put a knife to your throat If you [are] a man given to appetite.
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Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
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Do not desire his delicacies, For they [are] deceptive food.
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Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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Do not overwork to be rich; Because of your own understanding, cease!
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
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Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle [toward] heaven.
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies;
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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
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For as he thinks in his heart, so [is] he. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
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The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
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The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.
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Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
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Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless;
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For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
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For their Redeemer [is] mighty; He will plead their cause against you.
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Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
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Apply your heart to instruction, And your ears to words of knowledge.
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Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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Do not withhold correction from a child, For [if] you beat him with a rod, he will not die.
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Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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You shall beat him with a rod, And deliver his soul from hell.
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My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice -- indeed, I myself;
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Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
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Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.
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Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, But [be zealous] for the fear of the LORD all the day;
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For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off.
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Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
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Hear, my son, and be wise; And guide your heart in the way.
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Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
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Do not mix with winebibbers, [Or] with gluttonous eaters of meat;
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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
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Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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Buy the truth, and do not sell [it,] [Also] wisdom and instruction and understanding.
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The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
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The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who begets a wise [child] will delight in him.
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Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
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Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.
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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways.
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For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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For a harlot [is] a deep pit, And a seductress [is] a narrow well.
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She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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She also lies in wait as [for] a victim, And increases the unfaithful among men.
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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
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They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
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Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.
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Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
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Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, [When] it swirls around smoothly;
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At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
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At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper.
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Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.
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Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
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Yes, you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, Or like one who lies at the top of the mast, [saying:]
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They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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"They have struck me, [but] I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel [it.] When shall I awake, that I may seek another [drink?"]
