Proverbs · Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 27 Young's Literal Translation
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1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth 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 thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
2 Alábete el extraño, y no tu boca; el ajeno, y no tus labios.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
3 Pesada es la piedra, y la arena pesa; mas la ira del necio es más pesada que ambas cosas.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
4 Cruel es la ira, é impetuoso el furor; mas ¿quién parará delante de la envidia?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
5 Mejor es reprensión manifiesta que amor oculto.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
6 Fieles son las heridas del que ama; pero importunos los besos del que aborrece.
7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
7 El alma harta huella el panal de miel; mas al alma hambrienta todo lo amargo es dulce.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
8 Cual ave que se va de su nido, tal es el hombre que se va de su lugar.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
9 El ungüento y el perfume alegran el corazón: y el amigo al hombre con el cordial consejo.
10 Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour 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 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
11 Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón, y tendré qué responder al que me deshonrare.
12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
12 El avisado ve el mal, [y] escóndese; [mas] los simples pasan, [y] llevan el daño.
13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
13 Quítale su ropa al que fió al extraño; y [al que fió] á la extraña, tómale prenda.
14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
14 El que bendice á su amigo en alta voz, madrugando de mañana, por maldición se le contará.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
15 Gotera continua en tiempo de lluvia, y la mujer rencillosa, son semejantes:
16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
16 El que pretende contenerla, arresta el viento: ó el aceite en su mano derecha.
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
17 Hierro con hierro se aguza; y el hombre aguza el rostro de su amigo.
18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
18 El que guarda la higuera, comerá su fruto; y el que guarda á su señor, será honrado.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
19 Como un agua se parece á otra, así el corazón del hombre al otro.
20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
20 El sepulcro y la perdición nunca se hartan: así los ojos del hombre nunca están satisfechos.
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
21 El crisol [prueba] la plata, y la hornaza el oro: y al hombre la boca del que lo alaba.
22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
22 Aunque majes al necio en un mortero entre granos de trigo á pisón majados, no se quitará de él su necedad.
23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
23 Considera atentamente el aspecto de tus ovejas; pon tu corazón á tus rebaños:
24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
24 Porque las riquezas no son para siempre; ¿y [será] la corona para perpetuas generaciones?
25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
25 Saldrá la grama, aparecerá la hierba, y segaránse las hierbas de los montes.
26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
26 Los corderos para tus vestidos, y los cabritos para el precio del campo:
27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
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
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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)