Proverbs 6

בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃

then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃

Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃

Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

תָּכִ֣ין בַּקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃

it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה׃

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑ו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃

winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

תַּֽהְפֻּכ֨וֹת ׀ בְּלִבּ֗וֹ חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּכָל־עֵ֑ת (מדנים) [מִדְיָנִ֥ים] יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃

Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע (תועבות) [תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת] נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

עֵינַ֣יִם רָ֭מוֹת לְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝יָדַ֗יִם שֹׁפְכ֥וֹת דָּם־נָקִֽי׃

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

לֵ֗ב חֹ֭רֵשׁ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָ֑וֶן רַגְלַ֥יִם מְ֝מַהֲר֗וֹת לָר֥וּץ לָֽרָעָה׃

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

יָפִ֣יחַ כְּ֭זָבִים עֵ֣ד שָׁ֑קֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ מְ֝דָנִ֗ים בֵּ֣ין אַחִֽים׃

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

קָשְׁרֵ֣ם עַל־לִבְּךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עָ֝נְדֵ֗ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃

Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨ ׀ תַּנְחֶ֬ה אֹתָ֗ךְ בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר עָלֶ֑יךָ וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ הִ֣יא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

כִּ֤י בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד־כִּכַּ֫ר לָ֥חֶם וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד׃

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃

Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

אִם־יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

כֵּ֗ן הַ֭בָּא אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א יִ֝נָּקֶ֗ה כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּֽהּ׃

So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

לֹא־יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭גַּנָּב כִּ֣י יִגְנ֑וֹב לְמַלֵּ֥א נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ כִּ֣י יִרְעָֽב׃

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

וְ֭נִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם אֶת־כָּל־ה֖וֹן בֵּית֣וֹ יִתֵּֽן׃

Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

נֹאֵ֣ף אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב מַֽשְׁחִ֥ית נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ ה֣וּא יַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃

He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

נֶֽגַע־וְקָל֥וֹן יִמְצָ֑א וְ֝חֶרְפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א תִמָּחֶֽה׃

Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חְמ֗וֹל בְּי֣וֹם נָקָֽם׃

For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

לֹא־יִ֭שָּׂא פְּנֵ֣י כָל־כֹּ֑פֶר וְלֹֽא־יֹ֝אבֶ֗ה כִּ֣י תַרְבֶּה־שֹֽׁחַד׃

He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.