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1Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you. | 1When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you, |
2Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. | 2and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite. |
3Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive. | 3Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. |
4Don't exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop. | 4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. |
5When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle. | 5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. |
6Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies, | 6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; |
7for as he thinks within himself, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he'll say to you, but his heart won't be with you. | 7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. |
8You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted. | 8You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. |
9Don't speak when a fool is listening, because he'll despise your wise words. | 9Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. |
10Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans; | 10Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, |
11for strong is their Redeemer who will take up their case against you. | 11for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you. |
12Learn diligently, and listen to words of knowledge. | 12Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. |
13Don't withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with a rod, he won't die. | 13Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. |
14Punish him with a rod, and you will rescue his soul from Sheol. | 14Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. |
15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will greatly rejoice. | 15My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice. |
16My innermost being will be glad when your lips speak what is right. | 16My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. |
17Never let yourself envy sinners; instead, remain in fear of the LORD every day, | 17Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD. |
18for there is surely a future life, and what you hope for will not be cut off. | 18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. |
19Listen, my son, and be wise, commit yourself to live God's way. | 19Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course. |
20Don't associate with heavy drinkers or dine with gluttons, | 20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat. |
21because drunks and gluttons tend to become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. | 21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags. |
22Listen to the one who fathered you, and don't despise your mother in her old age. | 22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. |
23Purchase truth, but don't sell it; store up wisdom, instruction, and understanding. | 23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding. |
24The father of a righteous person will greatly rejoice; whoever fathers a wise son will be glad because of him. | 24The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him. |
25Let your father and mother rejoice; make the one who gave birth to you happy. | 25May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice! |
26Give me your heart, my son, and keep your eyes fixed on my ways, | 26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways. |
27because a prostitute is a deep pit, and the adulterous woman a narrow well. | 27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. |
28Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind. | 28Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. |
29Who has woe? Who has grief? Who has contention? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has bloodshot eyes? | 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? |
30Those who linger over their wine, who consume mixed drinks. | 30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. |
31Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. | 31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. |
32Eventually it will bite like a snake and sting like a serpent. | 32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. |
33Your eyes will see strange things, and with slurred words you'll speak what you really believe. | 33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. |
34You will be like someone who lies down in the sea, or like someone who sleeps on top of a mast. | 34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast: |
35"They struck me," you will say, "but I never felt it. They beat me, but I never knew it When will I wake up? I want another drink." | 35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?” |
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