Proverbs 27 Parallel Bible Translations

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Bishops' Bible of 1568
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1 Make not thy boast of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth. Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
3 The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both. A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie? Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue. Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
7 He that is full, abhorreth an honye combe: but vnto hym that is hungrye, euery sowre thing is sweete. One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
8 He that oft times flitteth, is like a byrd that forsaketh her nest. Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. Like a bird that flees its nest is anyone who flees from home.
9 Baulme and sweete incense make the heart merie: so sweete is that frende that geueth counsell from the heart. Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel. Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend springs from their heartfelt advice.
10 Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende see thou forsake not, and go not into thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble: for better is a frende at hand, then a brother farre of. Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
11 My sonne be wyse, and make me a glad heart, that I may make aunswere vnto my rebukers. Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12 A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger, and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake. Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14 He that is to hastie to praise his neighbour aboue measure, shalbe taken as one that geueth hym an euyll report. Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together. A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 He that stilleth her, stilleth the winde, and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande. to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand. restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 Like as one iron whetteth another, so doth one man comfort another. Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18 Whoso kepeth his figge tree, shall eate the fruites thereof: so he that wayteth vpon his maister, shall come to honour. Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19 Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes. As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
20 Hell and destruction are neuer full: euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 As is the fining pot for the siluer, and the furnace for golde: so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him. The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym. Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them.
23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes. Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
24 For riches abideth not alway, and the crowne endureth not for euer. for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
25 The hay groweth, the grasse commeth vp, and hearbes are gathered in the mountaynes. When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
26 The lambes shall clothe thee, and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry. the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
27 Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee, to vpholde thy housholde, and to sustayne thy maydens. There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed your family and to nourish your female servants.
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