Proverbs 23 - Compare Translations
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Proverbs 23:1
KJVWhen thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
WEBWhen you sit to eat with a ruler,
YLTWhen thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee,
Proverbs 23:2
KJVAnd put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
WEBput a knife to your throat,
YLTAnd thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.
Proverbs 23:3
KJVBe not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
WEBDon’t be desirous of his dainties,
YLTHave no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food.
Proverbs 23:4
KJVLabour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
WEBDon’t weary yourself to be rich.
YLTLabour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
Proverbs 23:5
KJVWilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
WEBWhy do you set your eyes on that which is not?
YLTFor wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
Proverbs 23:6
KJVEat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
WEBDon’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
YLTEat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
Proverbs 23:7
KJVFor as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
WEBfor as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
YLTFor as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee.
Proverbs 23:8
KJVThe morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
WEBThe morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up,
YLTThy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.
Proverbs 23:9
KJVSpeak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
WEBDon’t speak in the ears of a fool,
YLTIn the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:10
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Proverbs 23:11
KJVFor their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
WEBfor their Defender is strong.
YLTFor their Redeemer [is] strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs 23:12
KJVApply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
WEBApply your heart to instruction,
YLTBring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:13
KJVWithhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
WEBDon’t withhold correction from a child.
YLTWithhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.
Proverbs 23:14
KJVThou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
WEBPunish him with the rod,
YLTThou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.
Proverbs 23:15
KJVMy son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
WEBMy son, if your heart is wise,
YLTMy son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,
Proverbs 23:16
KJVYea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
WEByes, my heart will rejoice,
YLTAnd my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.
Proverbs 23:17
KJVLet not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
WEBDon’t let your heart envy sinners;
YLTLet not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
Proverbs 23:18
KJVFor surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
WEBIndeed surely there is a future hope,
YLTFor, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off.
Proverbs 23:19
KJVHear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
WEBListen, my son, and be wise,
YLTHear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart,
Proverbs 23:20
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Proverbs 23:21
KJVFor the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
WEBfor the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
YLTFor the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Proverbs 23:22
KJVHearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
WEBListen to your father who gave you life,
YLTHearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
Proverbs 23:23
KJVBuy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
WEBBuy the truth, and don’t sell it.
YLTTruth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,
Proverbs 23:24
KJVThe father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
WEBThe father of the righteous has great joy.
YLTThe father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.
Proverbs 23:25
KJVThy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
WEBLet your father and your mother be glad!
YLTRejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.
Proverbs 23:26
KJVMy son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
WEBMy son, give me your heart;
YLTGive, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.
Proverbs 23:27
KJVFor a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
WEBFor a prostitute is a deep pit;
YLTFor a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.
Proverbs 23:28
KJVShe also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
WEBYes, she lies in wait like a robber,
YLTShe also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
Proverbs 23:29
KJVWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
WEBWho has woe?
YLTWho hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs 23:30
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Proverbs 23:31
KJVLook not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
WEBDon’t look at the wine when it is red,
YLTSee not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
Proverbs 23:32
KJVAt the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
WEBIn the end, it bites like a snake,
YLTIts latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth.
Proverbs 23:33
KJVThine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
WEBYour eyes will see strange things,
YLTThine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
Proverbs 23:34
KJVYea, 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.
WEBYes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
YLTAnd thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.
Proverbs 23:35
KJVThey 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.
WEB“They hit me, and I was not hurt!
YLT`They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'
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