Proverbs · Literal Standard Version
Proverbs 6 Literal Standard Version
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1 My son! If you have been guarantor for your friend, || Have struck your hand for a stranger,
1 HIJO mío, si salieres fiador por tu amigo, si tocaste tu mano por el extraño,
2 Have been snared with sayings of your mouth, || Have been captured with sayings of your mouth,
2 Enlazado eres con las palabras de tu boca, y preso con las razones de tu boca.
3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, || For you have come into the hand of your friend. Go, trample on yourself, and strengthen your friend,
3 Haz esto ahora, hijo mío, y líbrate, ya que has caído en la mano de tu prójimo: ve, humíllate, y asegúrate de tu amigo.
4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, || And slumber to your eyelids,
4 No des sueño á tus ojos, ni á tus párpados adormecimiento.
5 Be delivered as a roe from the hand, || And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
5 Escápate como el corzo de la mano [del cazador], y como el ave de la mano del parancero.
6 Go to the ant, O slothful one, || See her ways and be wise;
6 Ve á la hormiga, oh perezoso, mira sus caminos, y sé sabio;
7 Which has no captain, overseer, and ruler,
7 La cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor,
8 She prepares her bread in summer, || She has gathered her food in harvest.
8 Prepara en el verano su comida y allega en el tiempo de la siega su mantenimiento.
9 Until when, O slothful one, do you lie? When do you arise from your sleep?
9 Perezoso, ¿hasta cuándo has de dormir? ¿cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, || A little clasping of the hands to rest,
10 Un poco de sueño, un poco de dormitar, y cruzar por un poco las manos para reposo:
11 And your poverty has come as a traveler, || And your want as an armed man.
11 Así vendrá tu necesidad como caminante, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo.
12 A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, || Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
12 El hombre malo, el hombre depravado, anda en perversidad de boca;
13 Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, || Directing with his fingers,
13 Guiña de sus ojos, habla con sus pies, indica con sus dedos;
14 Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, || He sends forth contentions.
14 Perversidades hay en su corazón, anda pensando mal en todo tiempo; enciende rencillas.
15 Therefore his calamity comes suddenly, || He is broken instantly—and no healing.
15 Por tanto su calamidad vendrá de repente; súbitamente será quebrantado, y no [habrá] remedio.
16 These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
16 Seis cosas aborrece Jehová, y aun siete abomina su alma:
17 High eyes, || False tongues, || And hands shedding innocent blood,
17 Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente,
18 A heart devising thoughts of vanity, || Feet hastening to run to evil,
18 El corazón que maquina pensamientos inicuos, los pies presurosos para correr al mal,
19 A false witness [who] breathes out lies, || And one sending forth contentions between brothers.
19 El testigo falso que habla mentiras, y el que enciende rencillas entre los hermanos.
20 Keep, my son, the command of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother.
20 Guarda, hijo mío, el mandamiento de tu padre, y no dejes la enseñanza de tu madre:
21 Bind them on your heart continually, || Tie them on your neck.
21 Atalos siempre en tu corazón, enlázalos á tu cuello.
22 In your going up and down, it leads you, || In your lying down, it watches over you, || And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.
22 Te guiarán cuando anduvieres; cuando durmieres te guardarán; hablarán contigo cuando despertares.
23 For the command [is] a lamp, || And the Law a light, || And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
23 Porque el mandamiento es antorcha, y la enseñanza luz; y camino de vida las reprensiones de la enseñanza:
24 To preserve you from an evil woman, || From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
24 Para que te guarden de la mala mujer, de la blandura de la lengua de la extraña.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, || And do not let her take you with her eyelids.
25 No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, ni ella te prenda con sus ojos:
26 For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, || And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.
26 Porque á causa de la mujer ramera [es reducido el hombre] á un bocado de pan; y la mujer caza la preciosa alma del varón.
27 Does a man take fire into his bosom, || And are his garments not burned?
27 ¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno, sin que sus vestidos se quemen?
28 Does a man walk on the hot coals, || And are his feet not scorched?
28 ¿Andará el hombre sobre las brasas, sin que sus pies se abrasen?
29 So [is] he who has gone in to the wife of his neighbor, || None who touches her is innocent.
29 Así el que entrare á la mujer de su prójimo; no será sin culpa cualquiera que la tocare.
30 They do not despise the thief, || When he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry,
30 No tienen en poco al ladrón, cuando hurtare para saciar su alma teniendo hambre:
31 And being found he repays sevenfold, || He gives all the substance of his house.
31 Empero tomado, paga las setenas, da toda la sustancia de su casa.
32 He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, || He who does it is destroying his soul.
32 Mas el que comete adulterio con la mujer, es falto de entendimiento: corrompe su alma el que tal hace.
33 He finds a stroke and shame, || And his reproach is not wiped away,
33 Plaga y vergüenza hallará; y su afrenta nunca será raída.
34 For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, || And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.
34 Porque los celos son el furor del hombre, y no perdonará en el día de la venganza.
35 He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, || Indeed, he does not consent, || Though you multiply bribes!
35 No tendrá respeto á ninguna redención; ni querrá [perdonar], aunque multipliques los dones.
Cross references (33)
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- 1 Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 11:15; Genesis 43:9
- 2 Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 12:13
- 3 James 4:10; 2 Samuel 24:14; Psalm 31:8; Exodus 10:3; 2 Chronicles 12:5
- 4 Psalm 132:4; Proverbs 6:10–11; Mark 13:35–36; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Matthew 24:17–18
- 5 Psalm 91:3; Psalm 124:7; Proverbs 1:17
- 6 Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 6:9; Hebrews 6:12
- 7 Job 38:39–39:12; Proverbs 30:27; Job 39:26–30; Job 41:4–34
- 8 Proverbs 10:5; 1 Timothy 6:19; Proverbs 30:25
- 9 Proverbs 24:33–34; Psalm 94:8; Jeremiah 4:14; Ephesians 5:14; Proverbs 1:22
- 10 Proverbs 24:33–34; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 23:33–34
- 11 Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 24:34
- 12 Matthew 12:34; Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 4:24; 1 Timothy 5:13; Psalm 52:2–4
- 13 Psalm 35:19; Job 15:12; Proverbs 10:10; Proverbs 5:6
- 14 Micah 2:1; Romans 16:17; Hosea 8:7; Proverbs 6:18–19; Proverbs 26:17–22
- 15 2 Chronicles 36:16; Jeremiah 19:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Proverbs 1:27; Isaiah 30:13–14
- 16 Psalm 11:5; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 17:15; Deuteronomy 25:16
- 17 Psalm 120:2–3; Proverbs 12:22; Isaiah 1:15; Psalm 101:5; Psalm 5:6
- 18 Genesis 6:5; Proverbs 1:16; Jeremiah 4:14; Psalm 36:4; Romans 3:15
- 19 Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 6:14; James 3:18; Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 19:9
- 20 Ephesians 6:1; Deuteronomy 27:16; Proverbs 7:1–4; Proverbs 1:8–9; Proverbs 23:22
- 21 Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3–4; 2 Corinthians 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8; Exodus 13:16
- 22 Psalm 119:11; Proverbs 3:23–24; Proverbs 2:11; Psalm 119:24; Psalm 119:97
- 23 Psalm 119:105; 2 Peter 1:19; Psalm 19:8; Proverbs 15:31; Proverbs 4:13
- 24 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 7:5; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 5:3
- 25 James 1:14–15; Matthew 5:28; 2 Kings 9:30; 2 Samuel 11:2–5; Song of Songs 4:9
- 26 Luke 15:30; Proverbs 29:3; Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 2:36; Ezekiel 13:18
- 27 Job 31:9–12; James 3:5; Hosea 7:4–7
- 29 1 Corinthians 7:1; Leviticus 20:10; 2 Samuel 12:9–10; Ezekiel 22:11; Malachi 3:5
- 31 Luke 19:8; Job 20:18; 2 Samuel 12:6; Exodus 22:1–4; Matthew 18:25
- 32 Proverbs 7:7; Hebrews 13:4; Proverbs 7:22–23; Romans 1:22–24; Proverbs 2:18–19
- 33 Proverbs 5:9–11; 1 Kings 15:5; Psalm 38:1–8; Nehemiah 13:26; Matthew 1:6
- 34 Numbers 5:14; Proverbs 27:4; Song of Songs 8:6; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Numbers 25:11
- 35 Proverbs 8:25; 2 Kings 5:1; Malachi 2:9; Isaiah 2:9; Proverbs 4:3
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What the Fathers said
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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).
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
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?
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… 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 …
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