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,

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

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.

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 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.

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 Do not give sleep to your eyes, || And slumber to your eyelids,

4 No des sueño á tus ojos, ni á tus párpados adormecimiento.

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

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.

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, O slothful one, || See her ways and be wise;

6 Ve á la hormiga, oh perezoso, mira sus caminos, y sé sabio;

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

7 Which has no captain, overseer, and ruler,

7 La cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor,

7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

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.

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

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?

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

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:

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

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.

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

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;

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

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;

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

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.

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

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.

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

16 These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:

16 Seis cosas aborrece Jehová, y aun siete abomina su alma:

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

17 High eyes, || False tongues, || And hands shedding innocent blood,

17 Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente,

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

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,

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

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.

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

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:

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

21 Bind them on your heart continually, || Tie them on your neck.

21 Atalos siempre en tu corazón, enlázalos á tu cuello.

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

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.

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 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:

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

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.

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

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:

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

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.

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

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?

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

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?

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

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.

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

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:

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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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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