# Proverbs 27 ## Proverbs 27:1 - [KJV] Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. - [ASV] Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. - [YLT] Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:1 - ## Proverbs 27:2 - [KJV] Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. - [ASV] Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips. - [YLT] Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:2 - ## Proverbs 27:3 - [KJV] A stone *is* heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath *is* heavier than them both. - [ASV] A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. - [YLT] A stone *is* heavy, and the sand *is* heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:3 - ## Proverbs 27:4 - [KJV] Wrath *is* cruel, and anger *is* outrageous; but who *is* able to stand before envy? - [ASV] Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy? - [YLT] Fury *is* fierce, and anger *is* overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy? ### Notes on Proverbs 27:4 - ## Proverbs 27:5 - [KJV] Open rebuke *is* better than secret love. - [ASV] Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden. - [YLT] Better *is* open reproof than hidden love. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:5 - ## Proverbs 27:6 - [KJV] Faithful *are* the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy *are* deceitful. - [ASV] Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse. - [YLT] Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:6 - ## Proverbs 27:7 - [KJV] The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. - [ASV] The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. - [YLT] A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And *to* a hungry soul every bitter thing *is* sweet. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:7 - ## Proverbs 27:8 - [KJV] As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so *is* a man that wandereth from his place. - [ASV] As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place. - [YLT] As a bird wandering from her nest, So *is* a man wandering from his place. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:8 - ## Proverbs 27:9 - [KJV] Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so *doth* the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. - [ASV] Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So doth the sweetness of a man's friend *that cometh* of hearty counsel. - [YLT] Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend -- from counsel of the soul. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:9 - ## Proverbs 27:10 - [KJV] Thine 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. - [ASV] Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. - [YLT] Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better *is* a near neighbour than a brother afar off. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:10 - ## Proverbs 27:11 - [KJV] My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. - [ASV] My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me. - [YLT] Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:11 - ## Proverbs 27:12 - [KJV] A prudent *man* foreseeth the evil, *and* hideth himself; *but* the simple pass on, *and* are punished. - [ASV] A prudent man seeth the evil, *and* hideth himself; *But* the simple pass on, *and* suffer for it. - [YLT] The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:12 - ## Proverbs 27:13 - [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 a foreign woman. - [YLT] Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:13 - ## Proverbs 27:14 - [KJV] He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. - [ASV] He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. - [YLT] Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:14 - ## Proverbs 27:15 - [KJV] A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. - [ASV] A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike: - [YLT] A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike, ### Notes on Proverbs 27:15 - ## Proverbs 27:16 - [KJV] Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, *which* bewrayeth *itself*. - [ASV] He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. - [YLT] Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:16 - ## Proverbs 27:17 - [KJV] Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - [ASV] Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. - [YLT] Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:17 - ## Proverbs 27:18 - [KJV] Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. - [ASV] Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; And he that regardeth his master shall be honored. - [YLT] The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:18 - ## Proverbs 27:19 - [KJV] As in water face *answereth* to face, so the heart of man to man. - [ASV] As in water face *answereth* to face, So the heart of man to man. - [YLT] As *in* water the face *is* to face, So the heart of man to man. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:19 - ## Proverbs 27:20 - [KJV] Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. - [ASV] Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied. - [YLT] Sheol and destruction are not satisfied, And the eyes of man are not satisfied. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:20 - ## Proverbs 27:21 - [KJV] *As* the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so *is* a man to his praise. - [ASV] The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; And a man is *tried* by his praise. - [YLT] A refining pot *is* for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:21 - ## Proverbs 27:22 - [KJV] Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, *yet* will not his foolishness depart from him. - [ASV] Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. - [YLT] If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:22 - ## Proverbs 27:23 - [KJV] Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, *and* look well to thy herds. - [ASV] Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, *And* look well to thy herds: - [YLT] Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves, ### Notes on Proverbs 27:23 - ## Proverbs 27:24 - [KJV] For riches *are* not for ever: and doth the crown *endure* to every generation? - [ASV] For riches are not for ever: And doth the crown endure unto all generations? - [YLT] For riches *are* not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:24 - ## Proverbs 27:25 - [KJV] The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. - [ASV] The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. - [YLT] Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains. ### Notes on Proverbs 27:25 - ## Proverbs 27:26 - [KJV] The lambs *are* for thy clothing, and the goats *are* the price of the field. - [ASV] The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats are the price of the field; - [YLT] Lambs *are* for thy clothing, And the price of the field *are* he-goats, ### Notes on Proverbs 27:26 - ## Proverbs 27:27 - [KJV] And *thou shalt have* goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and *for* the maintenance for thy maidens. - [ASV] And *there will be* goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, And maintenance for thy maidens. - [YLT] And a sufficiency of goats' milk *is* for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels! ### Notes on Proverbs 27:27 -