DRC, VulgClementine, KJV - Proverbs - 27

27:1  Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

27:1  Ne glorieris in crastinum, ignorans quid superventura pariat dies.

27:1  Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

27:2  Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

27:2  Laudet te alienus, et non os tuum ; extraneus, et non labia tua.

27:2  Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

27:3  A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

27:3  Grave est saxum, et onerosa arena, sed ira stulti utroque gravior.

27:3  A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

27:4  Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

27:4  Ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor, et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit ?

27:4  Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

27:5  Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

27:5  Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus.

27:5  Open rebuke is better than secret love.

27:6  Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

27:6  Meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta oscula odientis.

27:6  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

27:7  A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

27:7  Anima saturata calcabit favum, et anima esuriens etiam amarum pro dulci sumet.

27:7  The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

27:8  As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

27:8  Sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo, sic vir qui derelinquit locum suum.

27:8  As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

27:9  Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

27:9  Unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor, et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur.

27:9  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

27:10  Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.

27:10  Amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris, et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die afflictionis tuæ. Melior est vicinus juxta quam frater procul.

27:10  Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

27:11  Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

27:11  Stude sapientiæ, fili mi, et lætifica cor meum, ut possis exprobranti respondere sermonem.

27:11  My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

27:12  The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.

27:12  Astutus videns malum, absconditus est : parvuli transeuntes sustinuerunt dispendia.

27:12  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

27:13  Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

27:13  Tolle vestimentum ejus qui spopondit pro extraneo, et pro alienis aufer ei pignus.

27:13  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

27:14  He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.

27:14  Qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi, de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit.

27:14  He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

27:15  Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

27:15  Tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier comparantur.

27:15  A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

27:16  He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.

27:16  Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.

27:16  Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.

27:17  Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

27:17  Ferrum ferro exacuitur, et homo exacuit faciem amici sui.

27:17  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

27:18  He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

27:18  Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus, et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.

27:18  Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

27:19  As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

27:19  Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium, sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.

27:19  As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

27:20  Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

27:20  Infernus et perditio numquam implentur : similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles.

27:20  Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

27:21  As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

27:21  Quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum, sic probatur homo ore laudantis. Cor iniqui inquirit mala, cor autem rectum inquirit scientiam.

27:21  As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.

27:22  Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

27:22  Si contuderis stultum in pila quasi ptisanas feriente desuper pilo, non auferetur ab eo stultitia ejus.

27:22  Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

27:23  Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

27:23  Diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui, tuosque greges considera :

27:23  Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

27:24  For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

27:24  non enim habebis jugiter potestatem, sed corona tribuetur in generationem et generationem.

27:24  For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

27:25  The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.

27:25  Aperta sunt prata, et apparuerunt herbæ virentes, et collecta sunt fœna de montibus.

27:25  The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

27:26  Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.

27:26  Agni ad vestimentum tuum, et hædi ad agri pretium.

27:26  The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

27:27  Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

27:27  Sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos, et in necessaria domus tuæ, et ad victum ancillis tuis.

27:27  And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.