Proverbs 6:1-11 Parallel Bible Translations

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	BLB Berean Literal Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	My son, if you have been surety for your neighbor, or have struck your hand for the stranger,	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	or have been lured by the words of your mouth, captured by the words of your mouth,	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	then you must do this my son, and deliver yourself, for you have come into the palm of your neighbor: Go humble yourself, and press your neighbor.	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	You should not give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids—	Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;	Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
5	snatch yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.	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 ant, O sluggish one; see her ways and become wise:	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	Which there is not unto her a chief, an official, or ruler,	Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,	It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8	she prepares her bread in summer, she has gathered her food in the harvest.	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.
9	Until when, O sluggish one, will you slumber? When will you rise from your sleep?	How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?	How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10	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—
11	and your poverty comes like one walking, and your need like a man of shield.	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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