Proverbs 27 — T4T
27Verse 1Do not boast about what you will do tomorrow,because you do not know what will happen [PRS] on any day.Verse 2Do not praise yourself [MTY, PRS]; allow others to praise you.If someone else praises you, that is okay.Verse 3It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy stones or a pail full of sand,but doing something stupid/foolish can cause great pain to other people’s spirits.Verse 4It is cruel to be angry with others, and our being angry sometimes destroys others,but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.Verse 5It is better to correct someone openlythan to show that you l don’t love that person by not correcting him.Verse 6If a friend criticizes you, he is a good friend and you can trust him;but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is probably wanting to deceive you.Verse 7When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey;but when someone is very hungry, he thinks that even bitter things taste sweet.Verse 8Anyone who wanders far from his home/familyis like [SIM] a bird that is far from its nest.Verse 9Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good,but having a friend who gives good advice is even better.Verse 10Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends;and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative who lives far away to request his help;
someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.Verse 11My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise,in order that I will know how to reply to those who would criticize me about your behavior.Verse 12Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide;those who do not have good sense just keep going, and later they will suffer because of doing that.Verse 13You deserve to have your property taken from youif you foolishly promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].Verse 14If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor while he is still sleeping,he will consider it to be a curse, not a blessing.Verse 15Having a wife that is constantly naggingis as bad as listening to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.Verse 16Trying to restrain/stop her from doing that is as difficult [SIM] as trying to stop the windor trying to hold oil in your hand.Verse 17We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool;similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.Verse 18Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat;similarly, servants who protect their master will be honored by him.Verse 19When a person looks in the water, he sees his own face;similarly [SIM], when we look at a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.Verse 20It is as though the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to die and come there;and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, too.Verse 21Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure,and [SIM] people learn what we are really like when they see how we react when people praise us.Verse 22Even if you beat/crush a fool severely like [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle,you probably will not be able to cause him to stop ◄being foolish/doing foolish things►.Verse 23Take good care of your flocks of sheep
and herds of cattle,Verse 24because the money that you acquired from selling animals previously will not ◄last/stay with you► forever;
similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.Verse 25After you cut the hay [DOU] and store it to feed the animals in the winter while a new crop of hay is growing,
Verse 26you will be able to shear the sheep and make clothes from the wool,and you will get money from selling some of the goats to buy more land,Verse 27and you will get enough milk from the other goatsfor you and your family and your female servants.
someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.Verse 11My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise,in order that I will know how to reply to those who would criticize me about your behavior.Verse 12Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide;those who do not have good sense just keep going, and later they will suffer because of doing that.Verse 13You deserve to have your property taken from youif you foolishly promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it [DOU].Verse 14If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor while he is still sleeping,he will consider it to be a curse, not a blessing.Verse 15Having a wife that is constantly naggingis as bad as listening to rain continually dripping on a rainy day.Verse 16Trying to restrain/stop her from doing that is as difficult [SIM] as trying to stop the windor trying to hold oil in your hand.Verse 17We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool;similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.Verse 18Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat;similarly, servants who protect their master will be honored by him.Verse 19When a person looks in the water, he sees his own face;similarly [SIM], when we look at a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.Verse 20It is as though the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to die and come there;and humans [SYN] are always wanting to acquire more things, too.Verse 21Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure,and [SIM] people learn what we are really like when they see how we react when people praise us.Verse 22Even if you beat/crush a fool severely like [MET] you pulverize grain with a pestle,you probably will not be able to cause him to stop ◄being foolish/doing foolish things►.Verse 23Take good care of your flocks of sheep
and herds of cattle,Verse 24because the money that you acquired from selling animals previously will not ◄last/stay with you► forever;
similarly [SIM], governments [MTY] certainly do not [RHQ] last forever.Verse 25After you cut the hay [DOU] and store it to feed the animals in the winter while a new crop of hay is growing,
Verse 26you will be able to shear the sheep and make clothes from the wool,and you will get money from selling some of the goats to buy more land,Verse 27and you will get enough milk from the other goatsfor you and your family and your female servants.