Proverbs 6:1-17 Parallel Bible Translations

Proverbs 6:1-17 ▼
swipe to see more →
GWT
God's Word Translation
ESV
English Standard Version
NIV
New International Version
+Add
1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake, 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 you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise. 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 Do the following things, my son, so that you may free yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Humble yourself, and pester 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 Don't let your eyes rest or your eyelids close. Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter and like a bird from the hand of a hunter. 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 Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its 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 Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler, Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 in summertime it stores its food supply. At harvest time it gathers its food. 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 How long will you lie there, you lazy bum? When will you get up 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 |Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap.| 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 Then your poverty will come [to you]like a drifter, and your need will come [to you]like a bandit. 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.
12 A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth. A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 He winks his eye, makes a signal with his foot, [and] points with his fingers. winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
14 He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict. with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
15 That is why disaster will come on him suddenly. In a moment he will be crushed beyond recovery. therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven that are disgusting to him: There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Show Entire Chapter
Previous chapter
Top of Page
Top of Page