# Proverbs 6 ## Proverbs 6:1 - [KJV] My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, *if* thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, - [ASV] My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; - [YLT] My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:1 - ## Proverbs 6:2 - [KJV] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. - [ASV] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. - [YLT] Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:2 - ## Proverbs 6:3 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; - [YLT] Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:3 - ## Proverbs 6:4 - [KJV] Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. - [ASV] Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; - [YLT] Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:4 - ## Proverbs 6:5 - [KJV] Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand *of the hunter*, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. - [ASV] Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand *of the hunter*, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. - [YLT] Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:5 - ## Proverbs 6:6 - [KJV] Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: - [ASV] Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: - [YLT] Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; ### Notes on Proverbs 6:6 - ## Proverbs 6:7 - [KJV] Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, - [ASV] Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, - [YLT] Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:7 - ## Proverbs 6:8 - [KJV] Provideth her meat in the summer, *and* gathereth her food in the harvest. - [ASV] Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. - [YLT] She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:8 - ## Proverbs 6:9 - [KJV] How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? - [ASV] How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? - [YLT] Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? ### Notes on Proverbs 6:9 - ## Proverbs 6:10 - [KJV] *Yet* a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: - [ASV] *Yet* a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: - [YLT] A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:10 - ## Proverbs 6:11 - [KJV] So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. - [ASV] So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. - [YLT] And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:11 - ## Proverbs 6:12 - [KJV] A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. - [ASV] A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; - [YLT] A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking *with* perverseness of mouth, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:12 - ## Proverbs 6:13 - [KJV] He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; - [ASV] That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers; - [YLT] Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:13 - ## Proverbs 6:14 - [KJV] Frowardness *is* in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. - [ASV] In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord. - [YLT] Frowardness *is* in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:14 - ## Proverbs 6:15 - [KJV] Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. - [ASV] Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. - [YLT] Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken -- and no healing. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:15 - ## Proverbs 6:16 - [KJV] These six *things* doth the LORD hate: yea, seven *are* an abomination unto him: - [ASV] There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: - [YLT] These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven *are* abominations to His soul. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:16 - ## Proverbs 6:17 - [KJV] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, - [ASV] Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood; - [YLT] Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood -- ### Notes on Proverbs 6:17 - ## Proverbs 6:18 - [KJV] An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, - [ASV] A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, - [YLT] A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil -- ### Notes on Proverbs 6:18 - ## Proverbs 6:19 - [KJV] A false witness *that* speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. - [ASV] A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren. - [YLT] A false witness *who* doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:19 - ## Proverbs 6:20 - [KJV] My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: - [ASV] My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: - [YLT] Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:20 - ## Proverbs 6:21 - [KJV] Bind them continually upon thine heart, *and* tie them about thy neck. - [ASV] Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck. - [YLT] Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:21 - ## Proverbs 6:22 - [KJV] When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and *when* thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. - [ASV] When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. - [YLT] In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh *with* thee. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:22 - ## Proverbs 6:23 - [KJV] For the commandment *is* a lamp; and the law *is* light; and reproofs of instruction *are* the way of life: - [ASV] For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: - [YLT] For a lamp *is* the command, And the law a light, And a way of life *are* reproofs of instruction, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:23 - ## Proverbs 6:24 - [KJV] To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. - [ASV] To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue. - [YLT] To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:24 - ## Proverbs 6:25 - [KJV] Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. - [ASV] Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. - [YLT] Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:25 - ## Proverbs 6:26 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] For on account of a harlot *a man is brought* to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. - [YLT] For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:26 - ## Proverbs 6:27 - [KJV] Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? - [ASV] Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? - [YLT] Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? ### Notes on Proverbs 6:27 - ## Proverbs 6:28 - [KJV] Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? - [ASV] Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? - [YLT] Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched? ### Notes on Proverbs 6:28 - ## Proverbs 6:29 - [KJV] So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. - [ASV] So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished. - [YLT] So *is* he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:29 - ## Proverbs 6:30 - [KJV] *Men* do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; - [ASV] Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry: - [YLT] They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:30 - ## Proverbs 6:31 - [KJV] But *if* he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. - [ASV] But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house. - [YLT] And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:31 - ## Proverbs 6:32 - [KJV] *But* whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he *that* doeth it destroyeth his own soul. - [ASV] He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul. - [YLT] He who committeth adultery *with* a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:32 - ## Proverbs 6:33 - [KJV] A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. - [ASV] Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away. - [YLT] A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away, ### Notes on Proverbs 6:33 - ## Proverbs 6:34 - [KJV] For jealousy *is* the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. - [ASV] For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. - [YLT] For jealousy *is* the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance. ### Notes on Proverbs 6:34 - ## Proverbs 6:35 - [KJV] He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. - [ASV] He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. - [YLT] He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes! ### Notes on Proverbs 6:35 -