Proverbs 23:1-16 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee. When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,
2 Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set. and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
3 Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose. Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
5 Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6 Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate. Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies, Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
7 For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee. for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you. for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes. You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words. You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes. Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words. Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
10 Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse: Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless, Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee. for their Redeemer is strong; he will plead their cause against you. for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
12 Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge. Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge. Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof: Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
14 If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
15 My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce: My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right. My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right. my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
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