Proverbs 27 - Darby English Bible with Hebrew
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1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth. | ![]() | 1 אַֽל־תִּ֭תְהַלֵּל בְּיֹ֣ום מָחָ֑ר כִּ֤י לֹא־תֵ֝דַ֗ע מַה־יֵּ֥לֶד יֹֽום׃ |
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. | ![]() | 2 יְהַלֶּלְךָ֣ זָ֣ר וְלֹא־פִ֑יךָ נָ֝כְרִ֗י וְאַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃ |
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both. | ![]() | 3 כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַחֹ֑ול וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
4 Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy? | ![]() | 4 אַכְזְרִיּ֣וּת חֵ֭מָה וְשֶׁ֣טֶף אָ֑ף וּמִ֥י יַ֝עֲמֹד לִפְנֵ֥י קִנְאָֽה׃ |
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love. | ![]() | 5 טֹ֖ובָה1 תֹּוכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃ |
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse. | ![]() | 6 נֶ֭אֱמָנִים פִּצְעֵ֣י אֹוהֵ֑ב וְ֝נַעְתָּרֹ֗ות נְשִׁיקֹ֥ות שֹׂונֵֽא׃ |
7 The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. | ![]() | 7 נֶ֣פֶשׁ בֵעָה תָּב֣וּס נֹ֑פֶת וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה כָּל־מַ֥ר מָתֹֽוק׃ |
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. | ![]() | 8 כְּ֭צִפֹּור נֹודֶ֣דֶת מִן־קִנָּ֑הּ כֵּֽן־אִ֝֗ישׁ נֹודֵ֥ד מִמְּקֹומֹֽו׃ |
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is [the fruit] of hearty counsel. | ![]() | 9 שֶׁ֣מֶן וּ֭קְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב וּמֶ֥תֶק רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ מֵֽעֲצַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃ |
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. | ![]() | 10 רֵֽעֲךָ֙ וְרֵעֶה וְרֵ֪עַ אָבִ֡יךָ אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹ֗ב וּבֵ֥ית אָחִ֗יךָ אַל־תָּ֭בֹוא בְּיֹ֣ום אֵידֶ֑ךָ טֹ֥וב שָׁכֵ֥ן קָ֝רֹ֗וב מֵאָ֥ח רָחֹֽוק׃ |
11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me. | ![]() | 11 חֲכַ֣ם בְּ֭נִי וְשַׂמַּ֣ח לִבִּ֑י וְאָשִׁ֖יבָה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָֽר׃ |
12 A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished. | ![]() | 12 עָר֤וּם רָאָ֣ה רָעָ֣ה נִסְתָּ֑ר פְּ֝תָאיִ֗ם עָבְר֥וּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃ |
13 Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman. | ![]() | 13 קַח־בִּ֭גְדֹו כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃ |
14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be reckoned a curse to him. | ![]() | 14 מְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ רֵעֵ֨הוּ׀ בְּקֹ֣ול גָּ֭דֹול בַּבֹּ֣קֶר הַשְׁכֵּ֑ים קְ֝לָלָ֗ה תֵּחָ֥שֶׁב לֹֽו׃ |
15 A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike: | ![]() | 15 דֶּ֣לֶף טֹ֭ורֵד בְּיֹ֣ום סַגְרִ֑יר וְאֵ֥שֶׁת מִדֹונִים מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃ |
16 whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil. | ![]() | 16 צֹפְנֶ֥יהָ צָֽפַן־ר֑וּחַ וְשֶׁ֖מֶן יְמִינֹ֣ו יִקְרָֽא׃ |
17 Iron is sharpened by iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. | ![]() | 17 בַּרְזֶ֣ל בְּבַרְזֶ֣ל יָ֑חַד וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ יַ֣חַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ |
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured. | ![]() | 18 נֹצֵ֣ר תְּ֭אֵנָה יֹאכַ֣ל פִּרְיָ֑הּ וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר3 אֲדֹנָ֣יו יְכֻבָּֽד׃ |
19 As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man. | ![]() | 19 כַּ֭מַּיִם הַפָּנִ֣ים לַפָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב־הָ֝אָדָ֗ם לָאָדָֽם׃ |
20 Sheol and destruction are insatiable; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. | ![]() | 20 שְׁאֹ֣ול וַאֲבַדֹּה וַ֭אֲבַדֹּו לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה וְעֵינֵ֥י הָ֝אָדָ֗ם לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה׃ |
21 The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him. | ![]() | 21 מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ לְפִ֣י מַהֲלָלֹֽו׃ |
22 If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. | ![]() | 22 אִ֥ם תִּכְתֹּֽושׁ־אֶת־הָאֱוִ֨יל׀ בַּֽמַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ בְּתֹ֣וךְ הָ֭רִיפֹות בַּֽעֱלִ֑י לֹא־תָס֥וּר מֵ֝עָלָ֗יו אִוַּלְתֹּֽו׃ |
23 Be well acquainted with the appearance of thy flocks; look well to thy herds: | ![]() | 23 יָדֹ֣עַ תֵּ֭דַע פְּנֵ֣י צֹאנֶ֑ךָ שִׁ֥ית לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַעֲדָרִֽים׃ |
24 for wealth is not for ever; and doth the crown [endure] from generation to generation? | ![]() | 24 כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לְעֹולָ֣ם חֹ֑סֶן וְאִם־נֵ֝֗זֶר לְדֹ֣ור דֹור וָדֹֽור׃ |
25 The hay is removed, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered in. | ![]() | 25 גָּלָ֣ה חָ֭צִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶ֑שֶׁא וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ עִשְּׂבֹ֥ות הָרִֽים׃ |
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of a field; | ![]() | 26 כְּבָשִׂ֥ים לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּמְחִ֥יר דֶ֗ה עַתּוּדִֽים׃ |
27 and there is goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and sustenance for thy maidens. | ![]() | 27 וְדֵ֤י׀ חֲלֵ֬ב עִזִּ֗ים לְֽ֭לַחְמְךָ לְלֶ֣חֶם בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים לְנַעֲרֹותֶֽיךָ׃ |
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