Proverbs 6

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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 snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.	2 if you have committed yourself with your lips, if through words of yours you have been entrapped,
3 Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure 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 thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.	4 give your eyes no sleep, your eyelids no rest,
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, 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, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:	6 Idler, go to the ant; ponder her ways and grow wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,	7 no one gives her orders, no overseer, no master,
8 Provideth her meat 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 arise out of thy sleep?	9 How long do you intend to lie there, idler? When are you going to rise from your sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:	10 A little sleep, a little drowsiness, a little folding of the arms to lie back,
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.	11 and poverty comes like a vagrant and, like a beggar, dearth.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.	12 A scoundrel, a vicious man, he goes with a leer on his lips,
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;	13 winking his eye, shuffling his foot, beckoning with his finger.
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.	14 Trickery in his heart, always scheming evil, he sows dissension.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.	15 Disaster wil overtake him sharply for this, suddenly, irretrievably, he wil be broken.
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:	16 There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that he abhors:
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,	17 a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,	18 a heart that weaves wicked plots, feet that hurry to do evil,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.	19 a false witness who lies with every breath, and one who sows dissension among brothers.
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, 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 continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.	21 Bind them ever to your heart, tie them round your neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.	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 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is 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 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.	24 preserving you from the woman of bad character, from the wheedling talk of a woman who belongs toanother.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.	25 Do not covet her beauty in your heart or let her captivate you with the play of her eyes;
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.	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 take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?	27 Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without setting his clothes alight?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?	28 Can you walk on red-hot coals without burning your feet?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.	29 Just so, the man who makes love to his neighbour's wife: no one who touches her wil get offunpunished.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;	30 People attach but little blame to a thief who steals only to satisfy his hunger;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give 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 whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.	32 But the adulterer has no sense; he works his own destruction.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.	33 All he wil get is blows and contempt, and dishonour never to be blotted out.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.	34 For jealousy inflames the husband who wil show no mercy when the day comes for revenge;
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.	35 he wil not consider any compensation; lavish what gifts you may, he wil not be placated.