# Proverbs 20 ## Proverbs 20:1 - [KJV] Wine *is* a mocker, strong drink *is* raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. - [ASV] Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. - [YLT] Wine *is* a scorner -- strong drink *is* noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:1 - ## Proverbs 20:2 - [KJV] The fear of a king *is* as the roaring of a lion: *whoso* provoketh him to anger sinneth *against* his own soul. - [ASV] The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth *against* his own life. - [YLT] The fear of a king *is* a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:2 - ## Proverbs 20:3 - [KJV] *It is* an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. - [ASV] It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling. - [YLT] An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:3 - ## Proverbs 20:4 - [KJV] The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; *therefore* shall he beg in harvest, and *have* nothing. - [ASV] The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. - [YLT] Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:4 - ## Proverbs 20:5 - [KJV] Counsel in the heart of man *is like* deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. - [ASV] Counsel in the heart of man is *like* deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out. - [YLT] Counsel in the heart of a man *is* deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:5 - ## Proverbs 20:6 - [KJV] Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? - [ASV] Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find? - [YLT] A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find? ### Notes on Proverbs 20:6 - ## Proverbs 20:7 - [KJV] The just *man* walketh in his integrity: his children *are* blessed after him. - [ASV] A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him. - [YLT] The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him! ### Notes on Proverbs 20:7 - ## Proverbs 20:8 - [KJV] A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. - [ASV] A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes. - [YLT] A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil, ### Notes on Proverbs 20:8 - ## Proverbs 20:9 - [KJV] Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? - [ASV] Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? - [YLT] Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?' ### Notes on Proverbs 20:9 - ## Proverbs 20:10 - [KJV] Divers weights, *and* divers measures, both of them *are* alike abomination to the LORD. - [ASV] Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. - [YLT] A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them *are* an abomination to Jehovah. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:10 - ## Proverbs 20:11 - [KJV] Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work *be* pure, and whether *it be* right. - [ASV] Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. - [YLT] Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:11 - ## Proverbs 20:12 - [KJV] The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. - [ASV] The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. - [YLT] A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:12 - ## Proverbs 20:13 - [KJV] Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, *and* thou shalt be satisfied with bread. - [ASV] Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, *and* thou shalt be satisfied with bread. - [YLT] Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied *with* bread. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:13 - ## Proverbs 20:14 - [KJV] *It is* naught, *it is* naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. - [ASV] It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. - [YLT] 'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:14 - ## Proverbs 20:15 - [KJV] There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge *are* a precious jewel. - [ASV] There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. - [YLT] Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, *are* lips of knowledge. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:15 - ## Proverbs 20:16 - [KJV] Take his garment that is surety *for* a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. - [ASV] Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge *that is surety* for foreigners. - [YLT] Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:16 - ## Proverbs 20:17 - [KJV] Bread of deceit *is* sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. - [ASV] Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. - [YLT] Sweet to a man *is* the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled *with* gravel. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:17 - ## Proverbs 20:18 - [KJV] *Every* purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. - [ASV] Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war. - [YLT] Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:18 - ## Proverbs 20:19 - [KJV] He that goeth about *as* a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. - [ASV] He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips. - [YLT] A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver *with* his lips make not thyself surety. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:19 - ## Proverbs 20:20 - [KJV] Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. - [ASV] Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. - [YLT] Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:20 - ## Proverbs 20:21 - [KJV] An inheritance *may be* gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. - [ASV] An inheritance *may be* gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. - [YLT] An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:21 - ## Proverbs 20:22 - [KJV] Say not thou, I will recompense evil; *but* wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. - [ASV] Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee. - [YLT] Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:22 - ## Proverbs 20:23 - [KJV] Divers weights *are* an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance *is* not good. - [ASV] Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good. - [YLT] An abomination to Jehovah *are* a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit *are* not good. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:23 - ## Proverbs 20:24 - [KJV] Man's goings *are* of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? - [ASV] A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way? - [YLT] From Jehovah *are* the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way? ### Notes on Proverbs 20:24 - ## Proverbs 20:25 - [KJV] *It is* a snare to the man *who* devoureth *that which is* holy, and after vows to make enquiry. - [ASV] It is a snare to a man rashly to say, *It is* holy, And after vows to make inquiry. - [YLT] A snare to a man *is* he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:25 - ## Proverbs 20:26 - [KJV] A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. - [ASV] A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the *threshing*-wheel over them. - [YLT] A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:26 - ## Proverbs 20:27 - [KJV] The spirit of man *is* the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. - [ASV] The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts. - [YLT] The breath of man *is* a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:27 - ## Proverbs 20:28 - [KJV] Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. - [ASV] Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness. - [YLT] Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:28 - ## Proverbs 20:29 - [KJV] The glory of young men *is* their strength: and the beauty of old men *is* the gray head. - [ASV] The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head. - [YLT] The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs. ### Notes on Proverbs 20:29 - ## Proverbs 20:30 - [KJV] The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so *do* stripes the inward parts of the belly. - [ASV] Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes *reach* the innermost parts. - [YLT] The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart! ### Notes on Proverbs 20:30 -