1 GLT When you sit to eat{ with} a ruler, consider carefully what{ is} before your face, BSB BSB: When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2 GLT and you should put a knife at your throat if you{ are} a possessor of an appetite. BSB BSB: and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 GLT Do not desire his delicious morsels; for it{ is} bread of lies. BSB BSB: Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 GLT Do not weary yourself to gain riches; cease from your understanding. BSB BSB: Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 GLT Will you cause your eyes to fly to it, but it is not there? For it will surely make wings for itself like an eagle; it will fly{ into} the sky. BSB BSB: When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
6 GLT Do not eat the bread of one evil of eye, and do not desire his delicious morsels. BSB BSB: Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
7 GLT For like one who calculates in his soul, so he{ is}.“Eat and drink!” he will say to you, but his heart{ is} not with you. BSB BSB: for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 GLT You will vomit up your morsel you ate, and you will ruin your pleasant words. BSB BSB: You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
9 GLT Do not speak in the ears of a stupid one, for he will show contempt for the insight of your words. BSB BSB: Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 GLT Do not move back an ancient boundary, and do not enter into the fields of fatherless ones, BSB BSB: Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 GLT for their redeemer{ is} strong; he himself will plead their dispute against you. BSB BSB: for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
12 GLT Bring your heart to correction and your ear to words of knowledge. BSB BSB: Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
13 GLT Do not withhold discipline from a boy; when you strike him with the rod, he will not die. BSB BSB: Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 GLT You shall strike him with the rod and you will rescue his life from Sheol. BSB BSB: Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
15 GLT My son, if your heart{ is} wise, my heart, even myself, will be glad, BSB BSB: My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16 GLT and my inner parts will exult, when your lips speak upright things. BSB BSB: My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
17 GLT Do not let your heart be envious of sinners, but rather in the fear of Yahweh all the day. BSB BSB: Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18 GLT Surely there is a future and your hope will not be cut off. BSB BSB: For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
19 GLT Listen, you my son, and be wise, and lead your heart in the way. BSB BSB: Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20 GLT Do not be among drunkards of wine, among gluttons of flesh for themselves. BSB BSB: Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21 GLT For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and slumber will clothe{ with} rags. BSB BSB: For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
22 GLT Listen to your father, this{ one} begot you, and do not despise your mother when she{ is} old. BSB BSB: Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 GLT Acquire truth and do not sell, wisdom and instruction and understanding. BSB BSB: Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 GLT The father of a righteous one will rejoice greatly, and one who begets a wise one, he will be glad in him. BSB BSB: The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25 GLT May your father and your mother be glad, and may she who bore you rejoice. BSB BSB: May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
26 GLT My son, give your heart to me, and may your eyes watch my ways. BSB BSB: My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 GLT For a prostitute{ is} a deep pit, and a foreign woman{ is} a narrow well. BSB BSB: For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
28 GLT Also, she herself lies in wait like a robber, and she adds to those who act treacherously among man. BSB BSB: Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
29 GLT For whom{ is} woe? For whom{ is} sorrow? For whom{ are} quarrels? For whom{ is} a lament? For whom{ are} wounds without reason? For whom{ is} dullness of eyes? BSB BSB: Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 GLT For those who linger over wine, for those coming to search out mixed wine. BSB BSB: Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31 GLT Do not look{ at} wine when it is red, when its eye gives in the cup, it goes with evenness. BSB BSB: Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32 GLT Its end bites like a snake, and it stings like a viper. BSB BSB: In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
33 GLT Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will speak perverse things. BSB BSB: Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
34 GLT And you will be like one who lies down in the heart of the sea and like one who lies down at the head of a mast. BSB BSB: You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
35 GLT “They struck me. I was not hurt. They beat me. I did not know. When I awake, I will do again, I will seek it again.” BSB BSB: “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
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