Proverbs 6:1-8 Parallel Bible Translations

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	BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	My sonne if thou be suretie for thy neyghbour, and hast fastened thyne hande for another man:	My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger,	My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2	Thou art bounde with thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne speach.	if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,	you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3	Therfore my sonne do this, and thou shalt be discharged: When thou art come into thy neyghbours daunger, go thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate thy creditour.	then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.	So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion— and give your neighbor no rest!
4	Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber.	Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;	Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
5	Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the hunter and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.	save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.	Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6	Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse:	Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.	Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7	She hath no guyde, nor ouerseer, nor ruler,	Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,	It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8	Yet in the sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode together in the haruest.	she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.	yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
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