Proverbs 24:21-34 Parallel Bible Translations

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21 Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, || Do not mix yourself up with changers, My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise, Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,
22 For their calamity rises suddenly, || And the ruin of them both—who knows! for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
23 These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment. These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:
24 Whoever is saying to the wicked, “You [are] righteous,” || Peoples execrate him—nations abhor him. Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 And it is pleasant to those reproving, || And a good blessing comes on them. but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them. But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.
26 He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips. Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips. An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Prepare your work in an out-place, || And make it ready in the field—go afterward, || Then you have built your house. Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, || Or you have enticed with your lips. Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, || I render to each according to his work.” Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.” Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
30 I passed by near the field of a slothful man, || And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, || And its stone wall has been broken down. and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 And I see—I set my heart, || I have seen—I have received instruction, Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, || And your want as an armed man! and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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