29 (A)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”

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29 Say not: “I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

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21 (A)If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
22 For so you will heap coals of fire on his head,
(B)And the Lord will reward you.

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21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

22 for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

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28 (A)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city broken down, without walls.

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28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

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Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,
But (A)who is able to stand before jealousy?

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Wrath is cruel and anger is outraging, but who is able to stand before envy?

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Scoffers (A)set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.

If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
(B)Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

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Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but wise men turn away wrath.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

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11 A fool vents all his (A)feelings,[a]
But a wise man holds them back.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Lit. spirit

11 A fool uttereth all his mind, but a wise man keepeth it in until afterwards.

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22 (A)An angry man stirs up strife,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.

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22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.
33 For as the churning of milk produces butter,
And wringing the nose produces blood,
So the forcing of wrath produces strife.

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32 If thou hast done foolishly in exalting thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the stirring of wrath bringeth forth strife.

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