Proverbs 27

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.	1 Boast not of tomorrow, for you know not what any day may bring forth.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.	2 Let another praise you--not your own mouth; Someone else--not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.	3 Stone is heavy, and sand a burden, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?	4 Anger is relentless, and wrath overwhelming-- but before jealousy who can stand?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.	5 Better is an open rebuke than a love that remains hidden.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.	6 Wounds from a friend may be accepted as well meant, but the greetings of an enemy one prays against.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb : and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.	7 One who is full, tramples on virgin honey; but to the man who is hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.	8 Like a bird that is far from its nest is a man who is far from his home.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.	9 Perfume and incense gladden the heart, but by grief the soul is torn asunder.
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 Your own friend and your father's friend forsake not; but if ruin befalls you, enter not a kinsman's house. Better is a neighbor near at hand than a brother far away.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.	11 If you are wise, my son, you will gladden my heart, and I will be able to rebut him who tuants me.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.	12 The shrewd man perceives evil and hides; simpletons continue on and suffer the penalty.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.	13 Take his garment who becomes surety for another, and for the sake of a stranger, yield it up!
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.	14 When one greets his neighbor with a loud voice in the early morning, a curse can be laid to his charge.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.	15 For a persistent leak on a rainy day the match is a quarrelsome woman.
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.	16 He who keeps her stores up a stormwind; he cannot tell north from south.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.	17 As iron sharpens iron, so man sharpens his fellow man.
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 He who tends a fig tree eats its fruit, and he who is attentive to his master will be enriched.
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 one face differs from another, so does one human heart from another.
20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.	20 The nether world and the abyss are never satisfied; so too the eyes of men.
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 As the crucible tests silver and the furnace gold, so a man is tested by the praise he receives.
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 Though you should pound the fool to bits with the pestle, amid the grits in a mortar, his folly would not go out of him.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks :	23 Take good care of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.	24 For wealth lasts not forever, nor even a crown 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 When the grass is taken away and the aftergrowth appears, and the mountain greens are gathered in,
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.	26 The lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats will bring the price of 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 And there will be ample goat's milk to supply you, to supply your household, and maintenance for your maidens.