Proverbs · Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 24 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.
1 NO tengas envidia de los hombres malos, ni desees estar con ellos:
2 For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.
2 Porque su corazón piensa en robar, é iniquidad hablan sus labios.
3 By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.
3 Con sabiduría se edificará la casa, y con prudencia se afirmará:
4 And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.
4 Y con ciencia se henchirán las cámaras de todo bien preciado y agradable.
5 Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
5 El hombre sabio es fuerte; y de pujante vigor el hombre docto.
6 For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
6 Porque con ingenio harás la guerra: y la salud está en la multitud de consejeros.
7 Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
7 Alta está para el insensato la sabiduría: en la puerta no abrirá él su boca.
8 Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.
8 Al que piensa mal hacer le llamarán hombre de malos pensamientos.
9 The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
9 El pensamiento del necio es pecado: y abominación á los hombres el escarnecedor.
10 Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,
10 Si fueres flojo en el día de trabajo, tu fuerza será reducida.
11 If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.
11 Si dejares de librar los que son tomados para la muerte, y los que son llevados al degolladero;
12 When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.
12 Si dijeres: Ciertamente no lo supimos; ¿no lo entenderá el que pesa los corazones? El que mira por tu alma, él lo conocerá, y dará al hombre según sus obras.
13 Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb — sweet to thy palate.
13 Come, hijo mío, de la miel, porque es buena, y del panal dulce á tu paladar:
14 So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
14 Tal será el conocimiento de la sabiduría á tu alma: si la hallares tendrá recompensa, y al fin tu esperanza no será cortada.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
15 Oh impío, no aceches la tienda del justo, no saquees su cámara;
16 For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
16 Porque siete veces cae el justo, y se torna á levantar; mas los impíos caerán en el mal.
17 In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
17 Cuando cayere tu enemigo, no te huelgues; y cuando tropezare, no se alegre tu corazón:
18 Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
18 Porque Jehová no lo mire, y le desagrade, y aparte de sobre él su enojo.
19 Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
19 No te entrometas con los malignos, ni tengas envidia de los impíos;
20 For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
20 Porque para el malo no habrá [buen] fin, y la candela de los impíos será apagada.
21 Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
21 Teme á Jehová, hijo mío, y al rey; no te entrometas con los veleidosos:
22 For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both — who knoweth!
22 Porque su quebrantamiento se levantará de repente; y el quebrantamiento de ambos, ¿quién lo comprende?
23 These also are for the wise: — To discern faces in judgment is not good.
23 También estas cosas [pertenecen] á los sabios. Tener respeto á personas en el juicio no es bueno.
24 Whoso is saying to the wicked, 'Thou [art] righteous,' Peoples execrate him — nations abhor him.
24 El que dijere al malo, Justo eres, los pueblos lo maldecirán, y le detestarán las naciones:
25 And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.
25 Mas los que [lo] reprenden, serán agradables, y sobre ellos vendrá bendición de bien.
26 Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
26 Besados serán los labios del que responde palabras rectas.
27 Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field — go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
27 Apresta tu obra de afuera, y disponla en tu heredad; y después edificarás tu casa.
28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
28 No seas sin causa testigo contra tu prójimo; y no lisonjees con tus labios.
29 Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
29 No digas: Como me hizo, así le haré; daré el pago al hombre según su obra.
30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
30 Pasé junto á la heredad del hombre perezoso, y junto á la viña del hombre falto de entendimiento;
31 And lo, it hath gone up — all of it — thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
31 Y he aquí que por toda ella habían ya crecido espinas, ortigas habían ya cubierto su haz, y su cerca de piedra estaba ya destruída.
32 And I see — I — I do set my heart, I have seen — I have received instruction,
32 Y yo miré, y púse[lo] en mi corazón: vi[lo], y tomé consejo.
33 A little sleep — a little slumber — A little folding of the hands to lie down.
33 Un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco, poniendo mano sobre mano otro poco para dormir;
34 And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
34 Así vendrá como caminante tu necesidad, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo.
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 3:31; James 4:5–6; Psalm 37:1
- 2 Psalm 7:14; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 10:7; Isaiah 59:4; Job 15:35
- 3 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 9:1; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Colossians 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12
- 4 Proverbs 15:6; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 8:21; Matthew 13:52
- 5 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Colossians 1:11; Isaiah 40:31; Proverbs 21:22; Proverbs 8:14
- 6 Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 20:18; Ephesians 6:10–20; Proverbs 15:22; Luke 14:31
- 7 Proverbs 14:6; Psalm 10:5; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 92:5–6; Amos 5:10
- 8 Psalm 21:11; Ezekiel 38:10–11; Romans 1:30; Nahum 1:11; Proverbs 6:14
- 9 Matthew 15:19; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 29:8; Acts 8:22
- 10 Isaiah 40:28–31; Ephesians 3:13; Jeremiah 51:46; Hebrews 12:3–5; 1 Samuel 27:1
- 11 Psalm 82:4; Isaiah 58:6–7; 1 John 3:16–17; Job 29:17; Luke 10:31–32
- 12 Job 34:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23; Romans 2:6; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 13 Isaiah 7:15; Song of Songs 5:1; Proverbs 25:16; Song of Songs 4:11; Matthew 3:4
- 14 James 1:25; Proverbs 2:10; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 23:18
- 15 Jeremiah 11:19; Acts 9:24; 1 Samuel 22:18–19; 1 Samuel 9:11; Matthew 26:4
- 16 Psalm 34:19; Psalm 37:24; Micah 7:8–10; Job 5:19; 2 Corinthians 4:8–12
- 17 Obadiah 12; Job 31:29; 1 Corinthians 13:6–7; Proverbs 17:5; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 18 Lamentations 4:21–22; Zechariah 1:15–16
- 19 Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 24:1
- 20 Proverbs 13:9; Job 18:5–6; Job 21:17; Psalm 11:6; Proverbs 20:20
- 21 Romans 13:1–7; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Titus 3:1; 1 Kings 12:16; Exodus 14:31
- 22 Numbers 16:31–35; Psalm 90:11; 2 Samuel 18:7–8; Hosea 5:11; 2 Chronicles 13:16–17
- 23 Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 18:5; James 3:17; Leviticus 19:15; Psalm 107:43
- 24 Proverbs 17:15; Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 11:26; Exodus 23:6–7; Proverbs 28:27
- 25 1 Timothy 5:20; 1 Samuel 3:13; Proverbs 28:23; Nehemiah 13:8–11; 1 Kings 21:19–20
- 26 Proverbs 15:23; Genesis 41:38–57; Proverbs 25:11–12; Job 6:25; Proverbs 16:1
- 27 Luke 14:28–30; 1 Kings 5:17–18; 1 Kings 6:7
- 28 Ephesians 4:25; Matthew 26:59–60; Proverbs 25:18; 1 Kings 21:9–13; Colossians 3:9
- 29 Romans 12:17–21; Proverbs 20:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Matthew 5:39–44; Proverbs 25:21–22
- 30 Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 6:6–19; Ecclesiastes 8:9–11; Job 4:8; Proverbs 10:13
- 31 Isaiah 5:5; Ecclesiastes 10:18; Genesis 3:17–19; Jeremiah 4:3; Proverbs 22:13
- 32 1 Corinthians 10:11; Deuteronomy 21:21; Luke 2:51; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Job 7:17
- 33 Proverbs 6:4–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8; Romans 13:11; Ephesians 5:14
- 34 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4
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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).
How these were chosen
“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).
On this account it is often put for all numbers together, as, "A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again," --that is, let him fall never so often, he will not perish (and this was meant to be understood not of sins, but of afflictions conducing to lowliness).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For no other reason it was said, "a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:" that is, the just man perisheth not, though brought low in every way, yet not induced to transgress, otherwise he will not be just.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But "God strengtheneth." For "the just falleth seven times, and riseth again; but the wicked shall be weakened in evils." When evils befall the wicked, they are weakened thereby; when evils befall the righteous, "the Lord strengtheneth all that are falling."..."And lifteth up all those that have been cast down:" all, that is, who belong to him; for "God resisteth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)