Proverbs · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Proverbs 27 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 Boast not for tomorrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.
1 NO te jactes del día de mañana; porque no sabes qué dará de sí el día.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.
2 Alábete el extraño, y no tu boca; el ajeno, y no tus labios.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.
3 Pesada es la piedra, y la arena pesa; mas la ira del necio es más pesada que ambas cosas.
4 Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?
4 Cruel es la ira, é impetuoso el furor; mas ¿quién parará delante de la envidia?
5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
5 Mejor es reprensión manifiesta que amor oculto.
6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.
6 Fieles son las heridas del que ama; pero importunos los besos del que aborrece.
7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.
7 El alma harta huella el panal de miel; mas al alma hambrienta todo lo amargo es dulce.
8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
8 Cual ave que se va de su nido, tal es el hombre que se va de su lugar.
9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.
9 El ungüento y el perfume alegran el corazón: y el amigo al hombre con el cordial consejo.
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 No dejes á tu amigo, ni al amigo de tu padre; ni entres en casa de tu hermano el día de tu aflicción: mejor es el vecino cerca que el hermano lejano.
11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.
11 Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, y tendré qué responder al que me deshonrare.
12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
12 El avisado ve el mal, [y] escóndese; [mas] los simples pasan, [y] llevan el daño.
13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
13 Quítale su ropa al que fió al extraño; y [al que fió] á la extraña, tómale prenda.
14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.
14 El que bendice á su amigo en alta voz, madrugando de mañana, por maldición se le contará.
15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.
15 Gotera continua en tiempo de lluvia, y la mujer rencillosa, son semejantes:
16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.
16 El que pretende contenerla, arresta el viento: ó el aceite en su mano derecha.
17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
17 Hierro con hierro se aguza; y el hombre aguza el rostro de su amigo.
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 El que guarda la higuera, comerá su fruto; y el que guarda á su señor, será honrado.
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 Como un agua se parece á otra, así el corazón del hombre al otro.
20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.
20 El sepulcro y la perdición nunca se hartan: así los ojos del hombre nunca están satisfechos.
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 El crisol [prueba] la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.
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 Aunque majes al necio en un mortero entre granos de trigo á pisón majados, no se quitará de él su necedad.
23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:
23 Considera atentamente el aspecto de tus ovejas; pon tu corazón á tus rebaños:
24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
24 Porque las riquezas no son para siempre; ¿y [será] la corona para perpetuas generaciones?
25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.
25 Saldrá la grama, aparecerá la hierba, y segaránse las hierbas de los montes.
26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.
26 Los corderos para tus vestidos, y los cabritos para el precio del campo:
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 Y abundancia de leche de las cabras para tu mantenimiento, y para mantenimiento de tu casa, y para sustento de tus criadas.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 4:13–16; Luke 12:19–20; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Samuel 28:19
- 2 2 Corinthians 10:18; Proverbs 25:27; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 12:11
- 3 Daniel 3:19; 1 John 3:12; Proverbs 17:12; Genesis 49:7; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
- 4 Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 14:30; James 3:14–16; Job 5:2; Matthew 27:18
- 5 Proverbs 28:23; 1 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Matthew 18:15; Leviticus 19:17
- 6 Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 26:23–26; 2 Samuel 12:7–15
- 7 Luke 15:16–17; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:18–20; Numbers 11:4–9; John 6:9
- 8 Proverbs 21:16; Isaiah 16:2; Jonah 1:3; 1 Corinthians 7:20; Jonah 1:10–17
- 9 Proverbs 16:23–24; Proverbs 16:21; Psalm 23:5; Proverbs 15:23; Psalm 104:15
- 10 Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 17:17; 1 Kings 12:6–8; Luke 10:30–37; Proverbs 19:7
- 11 Proverbs 10:1; Psalm 119:42; Proverbs 23:15–16; 2 John 4; Proverbs 23:24–25
- 12 Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 18:10; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 3:10–14; 2 Peter 3:7
- 13 Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 6:1–4; Proverbs 22:26–27; Exodus 22:26
- 14 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Acts 12:22–23; Jeremiah 28:2–4; 1 Kings 22:13; 2 Samuel 15:2–7
- 15 Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Job 14:19
- 16 John 12:3
- 17 Hebrews 10:24; Proverbs 27:9; Job 4:3–4; 1 Samuel 23:16; Isaiah 35:3–4
- 18 1 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Timothy 2:6; Song of Songs 8:12; Luke 12:37; John 12:26
- 19 James 1:22–25; Psalm 33:15; Mark 7:21; Genesis 6:5
- 20 Ecclesiastes 1:8; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 30:15–16; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Habakkuk 2:5
- 21 Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 66:10; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7
- 22 Proverbs 23:35; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 1:5; Revelation 16:10–11; Exodus 14:5
- 23 1 Peter 5:2; John 21:15–17; Genesis 33:13; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Proverbs 24:32
- 24 Proverbs 23:5; 1 Timothy 6:17–18; Zephaniah 1:18; James 1:10; Isaiah 9:7
- 25 Proverbs 10:5; Psalm 104:14
- 26 Job 31:20
- 27 Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 30:8–9
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What the Fathers said
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).
Have pity, O Lord God, lest they who pass by trample on the unfledged bird; and send Thine angel, who may restore it to its nest that it may live until it can fly.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hence it is written, "Let not thy own mouth praise thee, but let thy neighbor's" mouth praise thee. But this was said to man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
There is a precept laid on man: "Let not thine own mouth praise thee, but the mouth of thy neighbor." For self-pleasing is a perilous thing for one who has to be on his guard against falling into pride.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)