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Proverbs 17 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | ט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה־ בָ֑הּ מִ֝בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי־ רִֽיב׃ | Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. | Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. | |
| 2 | עֶֽבֶד־ מַשְׂכִּ֗יל יִ֭מְשֹׁל בְּבֵ֣ן מֵבִ֑ישׁ וּבְת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים יַחֲלֹ֥ק נַחֲלָֽה׃ | A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. | A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family. | |
| 3 | מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וּבֹחֵ֖ן לִבּ֣וֹת יְהוָֽה׃ | The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. | The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. | |
| 4 | מֵ֭רַע מַקְשִׁ֣יב עַל־ שְׂפַת־ אָ֑וֶן שֶׁ֥קֶר מֵ֝זִין עַל־ לְשׁ֥וֹן הַוֺּֽת׃ | An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. | A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. | |
| 5 | לֹעֵ֣ג לָ֭רָשׁ חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ שָׂמֵ֥חַ לְ֝אֵ֗יד לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶֽה׃ | Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. | Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. | |
| 6 | עֲטֶ֣רֶת זְ֭קֵנִים בְּנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים וְתִפְאֶ֖רֶת בָּנִ֣ים אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. | Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. | |
| 7 | לֹא־ נָאוָ֣ה לְנָבָ֣ל שְׂפַת־ יֶ֑תֶר אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־ לְנָדִ֥יב שְׂפַת־ שָֽׁקֶר׃ | Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. | Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler! | |
| 8 | אֶֽבֶן־ חֵ֣ן הַ֭שֹּׁחַד בְּעֵינֵ֣י בְעָלָ֑יו אֶֽל־ כָּל־ אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִפְנֶ֣ה יַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ | A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. | A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn. | |
| 9 | מְֽכַסֶּה־ פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗ר מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃ | Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. | Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. | |
| 10 | תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְמֵבִ֑ין מֵהַכּ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל מֵאָֽה׃ | A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. | A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. | |
| 11 | אַךְ־ מְרִ֥י יְבַקֶּשׁ־ רָ֑ע וּמַלְאָ֥ךְ אַ֝כְזָרִ֗י יְשֻׁלַּח־ בּֽוֹ׃ | An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. | Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them. | |
| 12 | פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־ כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ | Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. | Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. | |
| 13 | מֵשִׁ֣יב רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה לֹא־ [תמיש] (תָמ֥וּשׁ) רָ֝עָ֗ה מִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃ | If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. | Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good. | |
| 14 | פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃ | The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. | Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out. | |
| 15 | מַצְדִּ֣יק רָ֭שָׁע וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ צַדִּ֑יק תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ | He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD. | Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the LORD detests them both. | |
| 16 | לָמָּה־ זֶּ֣ה מְחִ֣יר בְּיַד־ כְּסִ֑יל לִקְנ֖וֹת חָכְמָ֣ה וְלֶב־ אָֽיִן׃ | Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? | Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it? | |
| 17 | בְּכָל־ עֵ֭ת אֹהֵ֣ב הָרֵ֑עַ וְאָ֥ח לְ֝צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד׃ | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. | |
| 18 | אָדָ֣ם חֲסַר־ לֵ֭ב תּוֹקֵ֣עַ כָּ֑ף עֹרֵ֥ב עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה לִפְנֵ֥י רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ | One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. | One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor. | |
| 19 | אֹ֣הֵֽב פֶּ֭שַׁע אֹהֵ֣ב מַצָּ֑ה מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־ שָֽׁבֶר׃ | Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. | Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction. | |
| 20 | עִקֶּשׁ־ לֵ֭ב לֹ֣א יִמְצָא־ ט֑וֹב וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ יִפּ֥וֹל בְּרָעָֽה׃ | A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. | One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble. | |
| 21 | יֹלֵ֣ד כְּ֭סִיל לְת֣וּגָה ל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־ יִ֝שְׂמַ֗ח אֲבִ֣י נָבָֽל׃ | He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. | To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool. | |
| 22 | לֵ֣ב שָׂ֭מֵחַ יֵיטִ֣ב גֵּהָ֑ה וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה תְּיַבֶּשׁ־ גָּֽרֶם׃ | A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. | |
| 23 | שֹׁ֣חַד מֵ֭חֵיק רָשָׁ֣ע יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. | The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice. | |
| 24 | אֶת־ פְּנֵ֣י מֵבִ֣ין חָכְמָ֑ה וְעֵינֵ֥י כְ֝סִ֗יל בִּקְצֵה־ אָֽרֶץ׃ | The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. | A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth. | |
| 25 | כַּ֣עַס לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃ | A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. | A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him. | |
| 26 | גַּ֤ם עֲנ֣וֹשׁ לַצַּדִּ֣יק לֹא־ ט֑וֹב לְהַכּ֖וֹת נְדִיבִ֣ים עַל־ יֹֽשֶׁר׃ | To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. | If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right. | |
| 27 | חוֹשֵׂ֣ךְ אֲ֭מָרָיו יוֹדֵ֣עַ דָּ֑עַת [וקר־] (יְקַר־) ר֝֗וּחַ אִ֣ישׁ תְּבוּנָֽה׃ | Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. | The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. | |
| 28 | גַּ֤ם אֱוִ֣יל מַ֭חֲרִישׁ חָכָ֣ם יֵחָשֵׁ֑ב אֹטֵ֖ם שְׂפָתָ֣יו נָבֽוֹן׃ | Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. | Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. | |
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