Proverbs 6 Darby Translation

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OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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Protestant (66 books)
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1890
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1 My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

2 thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

5 deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

8 provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

9 How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—

11 So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

12 A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

13 he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

14 deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.

15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

16 These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

18 a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

19 a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.

19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

20 My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

21 bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:

21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

22 when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

25 Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

26 for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

30 They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:

30 Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,

31 and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

31 but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

32 Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

33 A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;

34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

35 he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts.

35 He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

Quotes verse 6:26 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book II, Chapters 5–6)
… minds of the Romans, demanded for her service their best citizen, not to ripen him still more in virtue by her helpful counsel, but to entangle him by her deceit, like her of whom it is written, "The adulteress will hunt for the precious soul." Her intent was to puff up this high- souled man by an apparently divine testimony …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Quotes verse 6:34 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily IV)
For ye know how great a thing jealousy is: and therefore He said, to whom these things are clearly known, "For full of jealousy is the rage of a husband;" "he will not spare in the day of vengeance:" and "jealousy is cruel as the grave." And we too know of many that have chosen to give up their lives …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 6:27 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture II)
If however any one thinks that he is not being burned when sinning, to him the Scripture saith, Shall a man wrap up fire in his bosom, and not burn his clothes?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Quotes verse 6:8 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XLIX)
Be therefore prudent, copy the ant, as saith the Scripture: "Store in summer, lest thou hunger in winter;" the winter is the last day, the day of tribulation; the winter is the day of offences and of bitterness: gather what may be there for thee for the future: but if thou doest not so, thou wilt perish both imprudent and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Quotes verse 6:6–8 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XVII)
… send unto Kedar, and know if nations will change their gods; which yet are no gods." And to the brutes likewise He sends us oftentimes, saying on this wise, "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, and emulate her ways:" and "go forth to the bee." This therefore I also now say unto you; consider the philosophers of the Greeks; and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

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