1 Wine is a luxurious thing, & drunkenness tumultuous: whosoever is delighted therewith shall not be wise.
1 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.
2 As the roaring of a lion, so also the terror of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth also against his own soul.
2 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
3 It is honour to a man that separateth himself from contentions: but all fools meddle with contumelies.
3 It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
4 Because of cold the slothful would not plow: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
5 As deep water, so counsel in the heart of a man: but a wise man shall draw it out.
5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
6 Many men are called merciful: but a faithful man who shall find?
6 Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave blessed children.
7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
8 The king that sitteth in the throne of judgment, dissipateth all evil with his look.
8 The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
10 Weight and weight, measure and measure: both are abominable before God.
10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
11 By his conversation a child is perceived, if his works be clean and right.
11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
12 The ear hearing, and the eye seeing, our Lord made both.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thine eyes and be filled with breads.
13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer: and when he is departed he will boast.
14 It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
15 There is gold, and multitude of pearls: but a precious vessel the lips of knowledge.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
16 Take his garment, that was the surety of a stranger, and for strangers take a pledge from him.
16 Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: and afterward his mouth shall be filled with the gravel stone.
17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 Cogitations are strengthened by counsels: and battles are to be handled by governments.
18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
19 Meddle not with him that revealeth mysteries, and walketh fraudulently, and dilateth his lips.
19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be extinguished in the midst of darkness.
20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
21 The inheritance whereunto haste is made in the beginning, in the later end shall lack blessing.
21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
22 Say not, I will requite evil: expect our Lord, and he will deliver thee.
22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.
23 Weight and weight are abomination with our Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
24 The steps of man are directed of our Lord: but who of men can understand his own way?
24 The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
25 It is ruin to a man to devour saints, and afterward to retract the vows.
25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
26 Awise king dissipateth the impious, and bendeth over them a triumphant arch.
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
27 The lamp of our Lord, the breath of a man, which searcheth all the secrets of the belly.
27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
28 Mercy & truth keep the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
29 The joy of youngmen their strength: and the dignity of oldmen a gray head.
29 The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
30 The blueness of the wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more secret place of the belly.
30 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.