13 Eat honey,(A) my son, for it is good,
and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;(B)
14 realize that wisdom is the same for you.(C)
If you find it, you will have a future,
and your hope will never fade.(D)

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13 My son, (A)eat honey, for it is good,
    and (B)the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be (C)a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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16 Though a righteous person falls seven times,
he will get up,(A)
but the wicked will stumble into ruin.(B)

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16 (A)for the righteous falls (B)seven times and rises again,
    but (C)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

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20 For the evil have no future;(A)
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.(B)

21 My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king,(C)
and don’t associate with rebels,[a]
22 for destruction will come suddenly from them;
who knows what distress these two can bring?

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Notas al pie

  1. 24:21 Or those given to change

20 for the evil man has no (A)future;
    (B)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

21 My son, (C)fear the Lord and the king,
    and do not join with those who do otherwise,
22 for disaster will arise suddenly from them,
    and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

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