Proverbs 27 — TOJB
27Verse 1Boast not thyself of yom makhar (tomorrow),
for thou hast no da'as of what a yom may bring forth.
Verse 2Let another praise thee, and not thine own peh (mouth);
a nokhri (stranger), and not thine own sfatayim (lips).
Verse 3An even (stone) is heavy, and the chol (sand) weighty;
but a foolʼs wrath is heavier than them both.
Verse 4Chemah (anger) is cruel, and fury is a torrent,
but who is able to stand before kinah (jealousy, envy)?
Verse 5Open tovah tokhakhat (good, constructive reproof)
is better than secret ahavah.
Verse 6Ne'emanim (faithful) are the wounds of an ohev (friend);
but deceitful the neshikot (kisses) of an enemy.
Verse 7The full nefesh trampleth a honeycomb,
but to the hungry nefesh every mar (bitter thing) is sweet.
Verse 8As a tzippor that wandereth from her ken (nest),
so is an ish that wandereth from his makom (place, home).
Verse 9Shemen and ketoret rejoice the lev;
so doth the sweet discourse of a re'a (friend) from an atzat nefesh (a counselling of the soul).
Verse 10Thine own re'a (friend),
and the re'a avicha, forsake not;
neither go into thy brotherʼs bais in the yom of thy calamity;
for better is a shakhen (neighbor) that is near than a brother far off.Verse 11Beni (my son), be chacham, and make my lev glad,
that I may answer my accusers.
Verse 12A prudent man foreseeth ra'ah, and hideth himself;
but the naïve ones trudge on, and are punished.
Verse 13Take his beged (garment) that is collateral for a zar;
seize the pledge given for surety for a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign woman, seductress).
Verse 14He that maketh a bracha on his re'a (friend)
with a kol gadol (loud voice), rising early in the boker,
it shall be counted a kelalah to him.
Verse 15A continual dripping in a very rainy day
and a quarrelsome isha are alike;
Verse 16To restrain her is like restraining the ruach (wind),
and like grasping shemen in the right hand.
Verse 17Barzel (iron) sharpeneth barzel (iron);
so one ish sharpeneth another.
Verse 18He who is guard over the te'enah (fig tree) shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof,
so he that is shomer over his adon shall be honored.
Verse 19As mayim reflecteth the face,
so one lev ha'adam reflects another.
Verse 20Sheol and Avaddon are never full;
so the eynayim of adam are never satisfied.
Verse 21As the crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav;
so is an ish tested by the praise he receives.
Verse 22Though thou shouldest grind a fool
in the makhtesh (mortar) among grain with the pestle,
yet will not his folly be removed from him.Verse 23Be thou diligent to know the condition of thy tzon,
and look well to thy adarim (flocks).
Verse 24For riches are not l'olam (forever);
and doth the nezer (crown) endure dor vador?
Verse 25The hay is removed, and the deshe (tender grass) showeth itself,
and herbs of the harim are gathered,
Verse 26The kevasim (lambs) are for thy clothing,
and the goats are the purchase price of the sadeh.
Verse 27And thou shalt have cholov of izzim (goats) enough for thy lechem,
for the lechem of thy bais,
and for the nourishment of thy na'arot (servant girls).
for thou hast no da'as of what a yom may bring forth.
Verse 2Let another praise thee, and not thine own peh (mouth);
a nokhri (stranger), and not thine own sfatayim (lips).
Verse 3An even (stone) is heavy, and the chol (sand) weighty;
but a foolʼs wrath is heavier than them both.
Verse 4Chemah (anger) is cruel, and fury is a torrent,
but who is able to stand before kinah (jealousy, envy)?
Verse 5Open tovah tokhakhat (good, constructive reproof)
is better than secret ahavah.
Verse 6Ne'emanim (faithful) are the wounds of an ohev (friend);
but deceitful the neshikot (kisses) of an enemy.
Verse 7The full nefesh trampleth a honeycomb,
but to the hungry nefesh every mar (bitter thing) is sweet.
Verse 8As a tzippor that wandereth from her ken (nest),
so is an ish that wandereth from his makom (place, home).
Verse 9Shemen and ketoret rejoice the lev;
so doth the sweet discourse of a re'a (friend) from an atzat nefesh (a counselling of the soul).
Verse 10Thine own re'a (friend),
and the re'a avicha, forsake not;
neither go into thy brotherʼs bais in the yom of thy calamity;
for better is a shakhen (neighbor) that is near than a brother far off.Verse 11Beni (my son), be chacham, and make my lev glad,
that I may answer my accusers.
Verse 12A prudent man foreseeth ra'ah, and hideth himself;
but the naïve ones trudge on, and are punished.
Verse 13Take his beged (garment) that is collateral for a zar;
seize the pledge given for surety for a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign woman, seductress).
Verse 14He that maketh a bracha on his re'a (friend)
with a kol gadol (loud voice), rising early in the boker,
it shall be counted a kelalah to him.
Verse 15A continual dripping in a very rainy day
and a quarrelsome isha are alike;
Verse 16To restrain her is like restraining the ruach (wind),
and like grasping shemen in the right hand.
Verse 17Barzel (iron) sharpeneth barzel (iron);
so one ish sharpeneth another.
Verse 18He who is guard over the te'enah (fig tree) shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof,
so he that is shomer over his adon shall be honored.
Verse 19As mayim reflecteth the face,
so one lev ha'adam reflects another.
Verse 20Sheol and Avaddon are never full;
so the eynayim of adam are never satisfied.
Verse 21As the crucible is for kesef, and the furnace for zahav;
so is an ish tested by the praise he receives.
Verse 22Though thou shouldest grind a fool
in the makhtesh (mortar) among grain with the pestle,
yet will not his folly be removed from him.Verse 23Be thou diligent to know the condition of thy tzon,
and look well to thy adarim (flocks).
Verse 24For riches are not l'olam (forever);
and doth the nezer (crown) endure dor vador?
Verse 25The hay is removed, and the deshe (tender grass) showeth itself,
and herbs of the harim are gathered,
Verse 26The kevasim (lambs) are for thy clothing,
and the goats are the purchase price of the sadeh.
Verse 27And thou shalt have cholov of izzim (goats) enough for thy lechem,
for the lechem of thy bais,
and for the nourishment of thy na'arot (servant girls).