They were sons of fools,
Yes, sons of vile men;
They were scourged from the land.

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A base and nameless brood,(A)
    they were driven out of the land.(B)

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24 So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”

And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”

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24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”

“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

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18 (A)The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they (B)pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.

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18 The children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven.(A) They pour out drink offerings(B) to other gods to arouse(C) my anger.

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For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work (A)iniquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the Lord,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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For fools speak folly,(A)
    their hearts are bent on evil:(B)
They practice ungodliness(C)
    and spread error(D) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty(E)
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.

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22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it.
But the correction of fools is folly.

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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
    but folly brings punishment to fools.

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22 “How long, you [a]simple ones, will you love [b]simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:22 naive
  2. Proverbs 1:22 naivete

22 “How long will you who are simple(A) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate(B) knowledge?

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(A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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The fear of the Lord(A) is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools[a] despise wisdom(B) and instruction.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

10 For he sees wise men die;
Likewise the fool and the senseless person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11 [a]Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They (A)call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not [b]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.

13 This is the way of those who are (B)foolish,
And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Their graves shall be their houses forever
  2. Psalm 49:12 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. understand (cf. v. 20)

10 For all can see that the wise die,(A)
    that the foolish and the senseless(B) also perish,
    leaving their wealth(C) to others.(D)
11 Their tombs(E) will remain their houses[a] forever,
    their dwellings for endless generations,(F)
    though they had[b] named(G) lands after themselves.

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;(H)
    they are like the beasts that perish.(I)

13 This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,(J)
    and of their followers, who approve their sayings.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 49:11 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew In their thoughts their houses will remain
  2. Psalm 49:11 Or generations, / for they have
  3. Psalm 49:13 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.

(A)In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honors those who fear the Lord;
He who (B)swears to his own hurt and does not change;

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who despises a vile person
    but honors(A) those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath(B) even when it hurts,
    and does not change their mind;

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“Behold,(A) I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
(B)I lay my hand over my mouth.

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“I am unworthy(A)—how can I reply to you?
    I put my hand over my mouth.(B)

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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly.

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He too followed(A) the ways of the house of Ahab,(B) for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly.

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27 (A)And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

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27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahab(A) and did evil(B) in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.

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18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for (A)the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

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18 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter(A) of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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