Proverbs 27

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.	1 Do not congratulate yourself about tomorrow, since you do not know what today wil bring forth.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine 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 the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.	3 Heavy is the stone, weighty is the sand; heavier than both -- a grudge borne by a fool.
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?	4 Cruel is wrath, overwhelming is anger; but jealousy, who can withstand that?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.	5 Better open reproof than feigned love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.	6 Trustworthy are blows from a friend, deceitful are kisses from a foe.
7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is 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 wandereth from his place.	8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is anyone who strays away from home.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.	9 Oil and perfume gladden the heart, and the sweetness of friendship rather than self-reliance.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far 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 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.	11 Learn to be wise, my child, and gladden my heart, that I may have an answer for anyone who insultsme.
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.	12 The discreet sees danger and takes shelter, simpletons go ahead and pay the penalty.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.	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 friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.	14 Whoever at dawn loudly blesses his neighbour -- it will be reckoned to him as a curse.
15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.	15 The dripping of a gutter on a rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike;
16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.	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 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.	18 Whoever tends the fig tree eats its figs, whoever looks after his master wil be honoured.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.	19 As water reflects face back to face, so one human heart reflects another.
20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.	20 Sheol and Perdition are never satisfied, insatiable, too, are human eyes.
21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.	21 A furnace for silver, a foundry for gold: a person is worth what his reputation is worth.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.	22 Pound a fool in a mortar, among grain with a pestle, his fol y wil not leave him.
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.	23 Know your flocks' condition well, take good care of your herds;
24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?	24 for riches do not last for ever, crowns do not hand themselves on from age to age.
25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.	25 The grass once gone, the aftergrowth appearing, the hay gathered in from the mountains,
26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.	26 you should have lambs to clothe you, goats to buy you a field,
27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.	27 goat's milk sufficient to feed you, to feed your household and provide for your serving girls.