Proverbs 23:1-11 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, discern carefully what is before your face, 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 and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite. 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 You should not mark out his delicacies, for it is bread of lies. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not toil to become rich, cease from your own understanding. 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 Will you make your eyes fly onto it, and it is not there? For it certainly makes for itself wings like an eagle and flies away to the heavens! 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 Do not eat the bread of one evil of eye, and do not mark out his delicacies. 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 like one who calculates in his soul, so is he—“Eat and drink,” he says to you, and his heart is not with you. 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 Your morsel that you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will ruin your pleasant words! 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 Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. 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 Do not remove a boundary of old, and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless. 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 strong—He will contend their dispute against you. 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.
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