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 Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
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 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
19 Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
20 Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
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 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
24 for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
27 There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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)