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Proverbs 26 Literal Standard Version
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1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, || So honor [is] not fitting for a fool.
1 COMO la nieve en el verano, y la lluvia en la siega, así conviene al necio la honra.
1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
2 As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, || So reviling without cause does not come.
2 Como el gorrión en su vagar, y como la golondrina en su vuelo, así la maldición sin causa nunca vendrá.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
3 A whip is for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, || And a rod for the back of fools.
3 El látigo para el caballo, y el cabestro para el asno, y la vara para la espalda del necio.
3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, || Lest you are like to him—even you.
4 Nunca respondas al necio en conformidad á su necedad, para que no seas tú también como él.
4 Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, || Lest he is wise in his own eyes.
5 Responde al necio según su necedad, porque no se estime sabio en su opinión.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, || Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
6 Como el que se corta los pies y bebe su daño, así es el que envía algo por mano de un necio.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7 The two legs of the lame have been weak, || And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
7 Alzar las piernas del cojo, así es el proverbio en la boca del necio.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As one who is binding a stone in a sling, || So [is] he who is giving honor to a fool.
8 Como quien liga la piedra en la honda, así [hace] el que al necio da honra.
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 A thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, || And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
9 Espinas hincadas en mano del embriagado, tal es el proverbio en la boca de los necios.
9 Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 The Former of all [is] great, || And He is rewarding a fool, || And is rewarding transgressors.
10 El grande cría todas las cosas; y da la paga al insensato, y la da á los transgresores.
10 As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
11 As a dog has returned to its vomit, || A fool is repeating his folly.
11 Como perro que vuelve á su vómito, así el necio que repite su necedad.
11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, || More hope of a fool than of him!
12 ¿Has visto hombre sabio en su opinión? más esperanza hay del necio que de él.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 The slothful has said, || “A lion [is] in the way, || A lion [is] in the broad places.”
13 Dice el perezoso: El león está en el camino; el león está en las calles.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
14 The door turns around on its hinge, || And the slothful on his bed.
14 Las puertas se revuelven en sus quicios: así el perezoso en su cama.
14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 The slothful has hid his hand in a dish, || He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
15 Esconde el perezoso su mano en el seno; cánsase de tornarla á su boca.
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, || Than seven [men] returning a reason.
16 A su ver es el perezoso más sabio que siete que [le] den consejo.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
17 Laying hold on the ears of a dog, || [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own.
17 El que pasando se deja llevar de la ira en pleito ajeno, es [como] el que toma al perro por las orejas.
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 As [one] pretending to be feeble, || Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
18 Como el que enloquece, y echa llamas y saetas y muerte,
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19 So has a man deceived his neighbor, || And has said, “Am I not playing?”
19 Tal es el hombre que daña á su amigo, y dice: Ciertamente me chanceaba.
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
20 Fire is going out without wood, || And contention ceases without a tale-bearer,
20 Sin leña se apaga el fuego: y donde no hay chismoso, cesa la contienda.
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, || And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
21 El carbón para brasas, y la leña para el fuego: y el hombre rencilloso para encender contienda.
21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
22 The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, || And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
22 Las palabras del chismoso parecen blandas; mas ellas entran hasta lo secreto del vientre.
22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
23 Silver of dross spread over potsherd, || [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
23 [Como] escoria de plata echada sobre el tiesto, son los labios enardecidos y el corazón malo.
23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
24 A hater pretends by his lips, || And he places deceit in his heart,
24 Otro parece en los labios el que aborrece; mas en su interior pone engaño.
24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
25 When his voice is gracious do not trust in him, || For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
25 Cuando hablare amigablemente, no le creas; porque siete abominaciones hay en su corazón.
25 When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Hatred is covered by deceit, || Its wickedness is revealed in an assembly.
26 Encúbrese el odio con disimulo; mas su malicia será descubierta en la congregación.
26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, || And the roller of a stone, it turns to him.
27 El que cavare sima, caerá en ella: y el que revuelva la piedra, á él volverá.
27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, || And a flattering mouth works an overthrow!
28 La falsa lengua atormenta al que aborrece: y la boca lisonjera hace resbaladero.
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 19:10; Proverbs 28:16; Esther 3:1–15; 1 Samuel 12:17–18; Psalm 12:8
- 2 Numbers 23:8; Nehemiah 13:2; Psalm 109:28; Deuteronomy 23:4–5; 2 Samuel 16:12
- 3 Proverbs 10:13; 1 Corinthians 4:21; Psalm 32:9; Judges 8:5–7; 2 Corinthians 13:2
- 4 1 Peter 3:9; Proverbs 26:5; Jude 9; Proverbs 17:14; 1 Kings 12:14
- 5 Romans 12:16; Matthew 16:1–4; Proverbs 3:7; Matthew 21:23–27; John 9:26–33
- 6 Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 25:13; Numbers 13:31
- 7 Proverbs 26:9; Proverbs 17:7; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 50:16–21; Matthew 7:4–5
- 8 Proverbs 30:22; Proverbs 26:1; Proverbs 19:10
- 9 Proverbs 23:35
- 10 Romans 2:6; Proverbs 11:31
- 11 2 Peter 2:22; Matthew 12:45; Exodus 8:15
- 12 Proverbs 29:20; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; Proverbs 26:5; Proverbs 28:11; Romans 12:16
- 13 Proverbs 22:13; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 6:9–10; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 12:27; Proverbs 24:33
- 15 Proverbs 19:24
- 16 Proverbs 26:12; 1 Peter 3:15; Proverbs 12:15
- 17 Proverbs 20:3; 2 Timothy 2:23–24; Proverbs 18:6; Luke 12:14; Proverbs 17:11
- 18 Proverbs 25:18; Isaiah 50:11; Proverbs 7:23; Genesis 49:23
- 19 Ephesians 5:4; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 14:9; Proverbs 15:21; 2 Peter 2:13
- 20 Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 22:10; James 3:6; Proverbs 26:22
- 21 Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 29:22; 2 Samuel 20:1; Psalm 120:4; Proverbs 10:12
- 22 Proverbs 18:8; Proverbs 20:19; Ezekiel 22:9
- 23 Luke 22:47–48; Luke 11:39; Proverbs 10:18; Matthew 23:27; Ezekiel 33:31
- 24 Proverbs 12:20; Psalm 41:6; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 12:5
- 25 Proverbs 6:16–19; Psalm 28:3; Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 9:2–8; Psalm 12:2
- 26 Psalm 55:21–23; 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 3:27–30; 1 Samuel 18:21; Genesis 4:8
- 27 Proverbs 28:10; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 7:15–16; Psalm 10:2; Ecclesiastes 10:8
- 28 John 8:44–49; Luke 20:20–21; Proverbs 29:5; Proverbs 6:24; John 10:32–33
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