Proverbs 6

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.	1 My child, if you have gone surety for your neighbour, if you have guaranteed the bond of a stranger,
2 Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.	2 if you have committed yourself with your lips, if through words of yours you have been entrapped,
3 Do therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:	3 do this, my child, to extricate yourself -- since you have put yourself in the power of your neighbour: go,humble yourself, plead with your neighbour,
4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.	4 give your eyes no sleep, your eyelids no rest,
5 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.	5 break free like a gazel e from the trap, like a bird from the fowler's clutches.
6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:	6 Idler, go to the ant; ponder her ways and grow wise:
7 Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,	7 no one gives her orders, no overseer, no master,
8 Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.	8 yet al through the summer she gets her food ready, and gathers her supplies at harvest time.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?	9 How long do you intend to lie there, idler? When are you going to rise from your sleep?
10 Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:	10 A little sleep, a little drowsiness, a little folding of the arms to lie back,
11 And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.	11 and poverty comes like a vagrant and, like a beggar, dearth.
12 A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,	12 A scoundrel, a vicious man, he goes with a leer on his lips,
13 He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.	13 winking his eye, shuffling his foot, beckoning with his finger.
14 With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.	14 Trickery in his heart, always scheming evil, he sows dissension.
15 To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.	15 Disaster wil overtake him sharply for this, suddenly, irretrievably, he wil be broken.
16 Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:	16 There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that he abhors:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,	17 a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,	18 a heart that weaves wicked plots, feet that hurry to do evil,
19 A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.	19 a false witness who lies with every breath, and one who sows dissension among brothers.
20 My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.	20 Keep your father's precept, my child, do not spurn your mother's teaching.
21 Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.	21 Bind them ever to your heart, tie them round your neck.
22 When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.	22 While you are active, they will guide you, when you fal asleep, they wil watch over you, when youwake up, they will converse with you.
23 Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:	23 For the precept is a lamp, the teaching is a light; correction and discipline are the way to life,
24 That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.	24 preserving you from the woman of bad character, from the wheedling talk of a woman who belongs toanother.
25 Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:	25 Do not covet her beauty in your heart or let her captivate you with the play of her eyes;
26 For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.	26 a prostitute can be bought for a hunk of bread, but a married woman aims to snare a precious life.
27 Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?	27 Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without setting his clothes alight?
28 Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?	28 Can you walk on red-hot coals without burning your feet?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.	29 Just so, the man who makes love to his neighbour's wife: no one who touches her wil get offunpunished.
30 The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:	30 People attach but little blame to a thief who steals only to satisfy his hunger;
31 And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.	31 yet even he, if caught, wil have to repay sevenfold and hand over all his family resources.
32 But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:	32 But the adulterer has no sense; he works his own destruction.
33 He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:	33 All he wil get is blows and contempt, and dishonour never to be blotted out.
34 Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,	34 For jealousy inflames the husband who wil show no mercy when the day comes for revenge;
35 Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.	35 he wil not consider any compensation; lavish what gifts you may, he wil not be placated.