Proverbs 27
- 1Do not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- 2Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your own lips.
- 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty. But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
- 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is a flood. But who is able to stand before envy?
- 5Open rebuke is better than secret love.
- 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend. But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
- 7The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- 8As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
- 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend through heartfelt advice.
- 10Your own friend, and your father's friend, do not abandon, neither go into your brother's house in the day of your disaster. For better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
- 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who insults me.
- 12A sensible man sees danger ahead and hides himself, but the inexperienced go on and suffer for it.
- 13Take the coat of anyone who guarantees a stranger's debt, and hold it as security when he does it for a foreign woman.
- 14He who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
- 15A constant dripping on a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.
- 16Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrays itself.
- 17Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.
- 18Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he who waits on his master shall be honored.
- 19As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
- 20Hell and destruction are never full. So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
- 21As the melting pot for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.
- 22Though you should pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness leave him.
- 23Do your best to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
- 24For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
- 25The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
- 26The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
- 27And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and to feed your servant girls.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Proverbs 27 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVBoast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
GIGAKJVDo not boast yourself of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
KJVLet another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
GIGAKJVLet another man praise you, and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your own lips.
KJVA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
GIGAKJVA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty. But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
KJVWrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
GIGAKJVWrath is cruel, and anger is a flood. But who is able to stand before envy?
KJVFaithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
GIGAKJVFaithful are the wounds of a friend. But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
KJVThe full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
GIGAKJVThe full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
KJVAs a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
GIGAKJVAs a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.
KJVOintment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
GIGAKJVOintment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend through heartfelt advice.
KJVThine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
GIGAKJVYour own friend, and your father's friend, do not abandon, neither go into your brother's house in the day of your disaster. For better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
KJVMy son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
GIGAKJVMy son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who insults me.
KJVA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
GIGAKJVA sensible man sees danger ahead and hides himself, but the inexperienced go on and suffer for it.
KJVTake his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
GIGAKJVTake the coat of anyone who guarantees a stranger's debt, and hold it as security when he does it for a foreign woman.
KJVHe that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
GIGAKJVHe who blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
KJVA continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
GIGAKJVA constant dripping on a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.
KJVWhosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
GIGAKJVWhoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which betrays itself.
KJVIron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
GIGAKJVIron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.
KJVWhoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
GIGAKJVWhoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he who waits on his master shall be honored.
KJVAs in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
GIGAKJVAs in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
KJVHell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
GIGAKJVHell and destruction are never full. So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
KJVAs the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
GIGAKJVAs the melting pot for silver, and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.
KJVThough thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
GIGAKJVThough you should pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness leave him.
KJVBe thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
GIGAKJVDo your best to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
KJVFor riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
GIGAKJVFor riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
KJVThe hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
GIGAKJVThe hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
KJVThe lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
GIGAKJVThe lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
KJVAnd thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and to feed your servant girls.
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