# Proverbs 23 ## Proverbs 23:1 - [KJV] When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what *is* before thee: - [ASV] When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee; - [YLT] When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which *is* before thee, ### Notes on Proverbs 23:1 - ## Proverbs 23:2 - [KJV] And put a knife to thy throat, if thou *be* a man given to appetite. - [ASV] And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite. - [YLT] And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou *art* a man of appetite. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:2 - ## Proverbs 23:3 - [KJV] Be not desirous of his dainties: for they *are* deceitful meat. - [ASV] Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food. - [YLT] Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it *is* lying food. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:3 - ## Proverbs 23:4 - [KJV] Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. - [ASV] Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. - [YLT] Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:4 - ## Proverbs 23:5 - [KJV] Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for *riches* certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. - [ASV] Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For *riches* certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. - [YLT] For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:5 - ## Proverbs 23:6 - [KJV] Eat thou not the bread of *him that hath* an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: - [ASV] Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties: - [YLT] Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties, ### Notes on Proverbs 23:6 - ## Proverbs 23:7 - [KJV] For as he thinketh in his heart, so *is* he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart *is* not with thee. - [ASV] For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee. - [YLT] For as he hath thought in his soul, so *is* he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart *is* not with thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:7 - ## Proverbs 23:8 - [KJV] The morsel *which* thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. - [ASV] The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words. - [YLT] Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that *are* sweet. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:8 - ## Proverbs 23:9 - [KJV] Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. - [ASV] Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words. - [YLT] In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:9 - ## Proverbs 23:10 - [KJV] Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: - [ASV] Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: - [YLT] Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not, ### Notes on Proverbs 23:10 - ## Proverbs 23:11 - [KJV] For their redeemer *is* mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. - [ASV] For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee. - [YLT] For their Redeemer *is* strong, He doth plead their cause with thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:11 - ## Proverbs 23:12 - [KJV] Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. - [ASV] Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge. - [YLT] Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:12 - ## Proverbs 23:13 - [KJV] Withhold not correction from the child: for *if* thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. - [ASV] Withhold not correction from the child; *For* if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. - [YLT] Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:13 - ## Proverbs 23:14 - [KJV] Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. - [ASV] Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. - [YLT] Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:14 - ## Proverbs 23:15 - [KJV] My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. - [ASV] My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine: - [YLT] My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine, ### Notes on Proverbs 23:15 - ## Proverbs 23:16 - [KJV] Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. - [ASV] Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things. - [YLT] And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:16 - ## Proverbs 23:17 - [KJV] Let not thine heart envy sinners: but *be thou* in the fear of the LORD all the day long. - [ASV] Let not thy heart envy sinners; But *be thou* in the fear of Jehovah all the day long: - [YLT] Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But -- in the fear of Jehovah all the day. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:17 - ## Proverbs 23:18 - [KJV] For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. - [ASV] For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off. - [YLT] For, is there a posterity? Then thy hope is not cut off. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:18 - ## Proverbs 23:19 - [KJV] Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. - [ASV] Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. - [YLT] Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And make happy in the way thy heart, ### Notes on Proverbs 23:19 - ## Proverbs 23:20 - [KJV] Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: - [ASV] Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: - [YLT] Be not thou among quaffers of wine, Among gluttonous ones of flesh, ### Notes on Proverbs 23:20 - ## Proverbs 23:21 - [KJV] For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe *a man* with rags. - [ASV] For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe *a man* with rags. - [YLT] For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:21 - ## Proverbs 23:22 - [KJV] Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. - [ASV] Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. - [YLT] Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:22 - ## Proverbs 23:23 - [KJV] Buy the truth, and sell *it* not; *also* wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. - [ASV] Buy the truth, and sell it not; *Yea*, wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. - [YLT] Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding, ### Notes on Proverbs 23:23 - ## Proverbs 23:24 - [KJV] The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise *child* shall have joy of him. - [ASV] The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. - [YLT] The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:24 - ## Proverbs 23:25 - [KJV] Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. - [ASV] Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice. - [YLT] Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:25 - ## Proverbs 23:26 - [KJV] My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. - [ASV] My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways. - [YLT] Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:26 - ## Proverbs 23:27 - [KJV] For a whore *is* a deep ditch; and a strange woman *is* a narrow pit. - [ASV] For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. - [YLT] For a harlot *is* a deep ditch, And a strange woman *is* a strait pit. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:27 - ## Proverbs 23:28 - [KJV] She also lieth in wait as *for* a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. - [ASV] Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men. - [YLT] She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:28 - ## Proverbs 23:29 - [KJV] Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? - [ASV] Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? - [YLT] Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? ### Notes on Proverbs 23:29 - ## Proverbs 23:30 - [KJV] They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. - [ASV] They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine. - [YLT] Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:30 - ## Proverbs 23:31 - [KJV] Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, *when* it moveth itself aright. - [ASV] Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: - [YLT] See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:31 - ## Proverbs 23:32 - [KJV] At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. - [ASV] At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder. - [YLT] Its latter end -- as a serpent it biteth, And as a basilisk it stingeth. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:32 - ## Proverbs 23:33 - [KJV] Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. - [ASV] Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things. - [YLT] Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:33 - ## Proverbs 23:34 - [KJV] Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. - [ASV] Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. - [YLT] And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast. ### Notes on Proverbs 23:34 - ## Proverbs 23:35 - [KJV] They have stricken me, *shalt thou say, and* I was not sick; they have beaten me, *and* I felt *it* not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. - [ASV] They have stricken me, *shalt thou say*, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. - [YLT] 'They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!' ### Notes on Proverbs 23:35 -