Proverbs 27

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.	1 Do not congratulate yourself about tomorrow, since you do not know what today wil bring forth.
2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your 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 weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both.	3 Heavy is the stone, weighty is the sand; heavier than both -- a grudge borne by a fool.
4 Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?	4 Cruel is wrath, overwhelming is anger; but jealousy, who can withstand that?
5 An open rebuke is better than hidden love.	5 Better open reproof than feigned love.
6 The wounds of a loved one are better than the deceitful kisses of a hateful one.	6 Trustworthy are blows from a friend, deceitful are kisses from a foe.
7 A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet.	7 The gorged throat revolts at honey, the hungry throat finds al bitterness sweet.
8 Just like a bird migrating from her nest, so also is a man who abandons his place.	8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is anyone who strays away from home.
9 Ointment and various perfumes delight the heart. And the good advice of a friend is sweet to the soul.	9 Oil and perfume gladden the heart, and the sweetness of friendship rather than self-reliance.
10 Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.	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 My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.	11 Learn to be wise, my child, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for anyone who insultsme.
12 The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.	12 The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
13 Take away the garment of him who has vouched for an outsider. And take a pledge from him on behalf of foreigners.	13 Take the man's clothes! He has gone surety for a stranger. Take a pledge from him, for personsunknown.
14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a grand voice, rising in the night, shall be like one who curses.	14 Whoever at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour -- it will be reckoned to him as a curse.
15 A roof leaking on a cold day, and an argumentative woman, are comparable.	15 The dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike;
16 He who would restrain her, he is like one who would grasp the wind, or who would gather together oil with his right hand.	16 whoever can restrain her, can restrain the wind, and take a firm hold on grease.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.	17 Iron is sharpened by iron, one person is sharpened by contact with another.
18 Whoever maintains the fig tree shall eat its fruit. And whoever 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 In the manner of faces looking into shining water, so are the hearts of men made manifest to the prudent.	19 As water reflects face back to face, so one human heart reflects another.
20 Hell and perdition are never filled; similarly the eyes of men are insatiable.	20 Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, insatiable, too, are human eyes.
21 In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.	21 A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold: a person is worth what his reputation is worth.
22 Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness 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 your cattle, and consider your own flocks,	23 Know your flocks' condition well, take good care of your herds;
24 for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to 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 plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.	25 The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,
26 Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.	26 you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to buy you a field,
27 Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.	27 goat's milk sufficient to feed you, to feed your household and provide for your serving girls.