Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 27:1-10

1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.1

2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.2

4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?3 4

5Open rebuke is better than secret love.

6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.5

7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.6

8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.7

10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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Notes

1. Proverbs 27:1 to…: Heb. to morrow day. ↩
2. Proverbs 27:3 heavy: Heb. heaviness. ↩
3. Proverbs 27:4 Wrath…: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing. ↩
4. Proverbs 27:4 envy: or, jealousy? ↩
5. Proverbs 27:6 deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent. ↩
6. Proverbs 27:7 loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot. ↩
7. Proverbs 27:9 by…: Heb. from the counsel of the soul. ↩

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