Proverbs 27
Tree of Life Version
Do Not Boast
27 Do not boast about tomorrow,
for you do not know what a day may bring.[a]
2 Let another praise you and not your own mouth,
a stranger and not your own lips.
3 A stone is heavy and sand a burden,
but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before jealousy?
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
but excessive the kisses of an enemy.
7 One who is full loathes honeycomb,
but to one who is hungry every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest
is a man that wanders from his home.
Iron Sharpens Iron
9 As ointment and perfume gladden the heart,
so the sweetness of one’s friend comes from his sincere counsel.
10 Do not forsake your friend, or your father’s friend,
nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster—
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.
11 Be wise, my son, make my heart glad,
so I may answer anyone who taunts me.
12 The prudent see danger and hide,
but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger,
and hold it in pledge, as security for a seductive woman.
14 If someone blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse.
15 Continual dripping on a day of steady rain
and a contentious wife are alike—
16 hiding her is like hiding the wind or grasping oil with the right hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron,
so a person sharpens the countenance of his friend.
18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
19 As water reflects the face,
so a person’s heart reflects the person.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,
and neither are the eyes of man.
21 A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold,
but a person is proved by the praise he receives.
22 Even if you pound the fool along with the grain in a mortar with a pestle,
his foolishness would never leave him.
23 Know well the condition of your flocks,
pay attention to your herds,
24 for riches are not forever,
nor a crown from generation to generation.
25 When hay is removed and grass appears,
and grain from the hills is gathered in,
26 lambs will provide you with clothing,
and goats with the price of a field.
27 There will be enough goats’ milk for food
and food for your household,
and sustenance for your maidservants.
Footnotes
Proverbios 27
La Biblia de las Américas
27 No te jactes del día de mañana(A),
porque no sabes qué traerá el día(B).
2 Que te alabe el extraño, y no tu boca;
el forastero, y no tus labios(C).
3 Pesada es la piedra y pesada la arena,
pero la provocación del necio es más pesada que ambas.
4 Cruel es el furor e inundación la ira;
pero ¿quién se mantendrá ante los celos(D)?
5 Mejor es la reprensión franca(E)
que el amor encubierto.
6 Fieles son las heridas del amigo(F),
pero engañosos[a] los besos del enemigo[b](G).
7 El hombre[c] saciado aborrece[d] la miel,
pero para el hombre[e] hambriento todo lo amargo es dulce.
8 Como pájaro que vaga lejos de su nido(H),
así es el hombre que vaga lejos de su hogar[f](I).
9 El ungüento(J) y el perfume alegran el corazón,
y dulce para su amigo es el consejo del hombre[g].
10 No abandones a tu amigo(K) ni al amigo de tu padre(L),
ni vayas a la casa de tu hermano el día de tu infortunio.
Mejor es un vecino cerca que un hermano lejos.
11 Sé sabio, hijo mío, y alegra mi corazón(M),
para que yo responda al que me afrenta(N).
12 El hombre prudente ve el mal y se esconde,
los simples siguen adelante y pagan las consecuencias.
13 Tómale la ropa al que[h] sale fiador del extraño;
y tómale prenda por la mujer desconocida[i](O).
14 Al que muy de mañana bendice a su amigo en alta voz,
le será contado como una maldición(P).
15 Gotera continua en día de lluvia
y mujer rencillosa, son semejantes(Q);
16 el que trata de contenerla[j] refrena[k] al viento,
y recoge[l] aceite con su mano derecha.
17 El hierro con hierro se afila,
y un hombre aguza a otro[m].
18 El que cuida la higuera comerá su fruto(R),
y el que atiende a su señor será honrado(S).
19 Como el agua refleja el rostro[n],
así el corazón del hombre refleja al hombre.
20 El Seol[o] y el Abadón[p](T) nunca se sacian(U);
tampoco se sacian los ojos del hombre(V).
21 El crisol es para la plata y el horno para el oro(W),
y al hombre se le prueba por la alabanza que recibe(X).
22 Aunque machaques con el mazo al necio en un mortero entre el grano molido,
no se apartará de él su necedad(Y).
23 Conoce bien la condición[q] de tus rebaños,
y presta atención[r] a tu ganado(Z);
24 porque las riquezas no son eternas,
ni perdurará la corona por todas las generaciones(AA).
25 Cuando la hierba desaparece se ve el retoño,
y se recogen las hierbas de los montes(AB);
26 los corderos darán para tu vestido,
y las cabras para el precio de un campo;
27 y habrá suficiente leche de cabra para tu alimento,
para el alimento de tu casa,
y sustento para tus doncellas.
Footnotes
- Proverbios 27:6 O, excesivos
- Proverbios 27:6 Lit., del que te odia
- Proverbios 27:7 Lit., alma
- Proverbios 27:7 Lit., pisotea
- Proverbios 27:7 Lit., alma
- Proverbios 27:8 Lit., lugar
- Proverbios 27:9 Lit., alma
- Proverbios 27:13 Lit., cuando
- Proverbios 27:13 O, extranjera
- Proverbios 27:16 Lit., esconderla
- Proverbios 27:16 Lit., esconde
- Proverbios 27:16 Lit., se enfrenta al
- Proverbios 27:17 Lit., el rostro de su amigo
- Proverbios 27:19 Lit., rostro al rostro
- Proverbios 27:20 I.e., región de los muertos
- Proverbios 27:20 I.e., lugar de destrucción
- Proverbios 27:23 Lit., el semblante
- Proverbios 27:23 Lit., pon tu corazón
Proverbs 27
The Message
You Don’t Know Tomorrow
27 Don’t brashly announce what you’re going to do tomorrow;
you don’t know the first thing about tomorrow.
2 Don’t call attention to yourself;
let others do that for you.
3 Carrying a log across your shoulders
while you’re hefting a boulder with your arms
Is nothing compared to the burden
of putting up with a fool.
4 We’re blasted by anger and swamped by rage,
but who can survive jealousy?
5 A spoken reprimand is better
than approval that’s never expressed.
6 The wounds from a lover are worth it;
kisses from an enemy do you in.
7 When you’ve stuffed yourself, you refuse dessert;
when you’re starved, you could eat a horse.
8 People who won’t settle down, wandering hither and yon,
are like restless birds, flitting to and fro.
9 Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight,
a sweet friendship refreshes the soul.
10 Don’t leave your friends or your parents’ friends
and run home to your family when things get rough;
Better a nearby friend
than a distant family.
11 Become wise, dear child, and make me happy;
then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.
12 A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks;
a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.
13 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger;
be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.
14 If you wake your friend in the early morning
by shouting “Rise and shine!”
It will sound to him
more like a curse than a blessing.
15-16 A nagging spouse is like
the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet;
You can’t turn it off,
and you can’t get away from it.
Your Face Mirrors Your Heart
17 You use steel to sharpen steel,
and one friend sharpens another.
18 If you care for your orchard, you’ll enjoy its fruit;
if you honor your boss, you’ll be honored.
19 Just as water mirrors your face,
so your face mirrors your heart.
20 Hell has a voracious appetite,
and lust just never quits.
21 The purity of silver and gold is tested
by putting them in the fire;
The purity of human hearts is tested
by giving them a little fame.
22 Pound on a fool all you like—
you can’t pound out foolishness.
23-27 Know your sheep by name;
carefully attend to your flocks;
(Don’t take them for granted;
possessions don’t last forever, you know.)
And then, when the crops are in
and the harvest is stored in the barns,
You can knit sweaters from lambs’ wool,
and sell your goats for a profit;
There will be plenty of milk and meat
to last your family through the winter.
Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.
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