Proverbs 27

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.	1 Do not congratulate yourself about tomorrow, since you do not know what today wil bring forth.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.	2 Let someone else sing your praises, but not your own mouth, a stranger, but not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.	3 Heavy is the stone, weighty is the sand; heavier than both -- a grudge borne by a fool.
4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?	4 Cruel is wrath, overwhelming is anger; but jealousy, who can withstand that?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.	5 Better open reproof than feigned love.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.	6 Trustworthy are blows from a friend, deceitful are kisses from a foe.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.	7 The gorged throat revolts at honey, the hungry throat finds al bitterness sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.	8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is anyone who strays away from home.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.	9 Oil and perfume gladden the heart, and the sweetness of friendship rather than self-reliance.
10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near, than a brother afar off.	10 Do not give up your friend or your father's friend; when trouble comes, do not go off to your brother'shouse, better a near neighbour than a distant brother.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.	11 Learn to be wise, my child, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for anyone who insultsme.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.	12 The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.	13 Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him, for personsunknown.
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.	14 Whoever at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour -- it will be reckoned to him as a curse.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.	15 The dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike;
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.	16 whoever can restrain her, can restrain the wind, and take a firm hold on grease.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.	17 Iron is sharpened by iron, one person is sharpened by contact with another.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.	18 Whoever tends the fig tree eats its figs, whoever looks after his master wil be honoured.
19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.	19 As water reflects face back to face, so one human heart reflects another.
20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.	20 Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, insatiable, too, are human eyes.
21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.	21 A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold: a person is worth what his reputation is worth.
22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.	22 Pound a fool in a mortar, among grain with a pestle, his fol y wil not leave him.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :	23 Know your flocks' condition well, take good care of your herds;
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.	24 for riches do not last for ever, crowns do not hand themselves on from age to age.
25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.	25 The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.	26 you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to buy you a field,
27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.	27 goat's milk sufficient to feed you, to feed your household and provide for your serving girls.