Proverbs 23:1

AMP: When you sit down to dine with a ruler,Consider carefully what is [set] before you;

ASV: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

BSB: When you sit down to dine with a ruler,consider carefully what is set before you,

DARBY: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

DRA: When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.

KJV: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

Proverbs 23:2

AMP: For you will put a knife to your throatIf you are a man of great appetite.

ASV: And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

BSB: and put a knife to your throatif you possess a great appetite.

DARBY: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

DRA: And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.

KJV: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Proverbs 23:3

AMP: Do not desire his delicacies,For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].

ASV: Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

BSB: Do not crave his delicacies,for that food is deceptive.

DARBY: Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

DRA: Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.

KJV: Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Proverbs 23:4

AMP: ¶Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;Cease from your own understanding of it. [Prov 28:20; 1 Tim 6:9, 10]

ASV: Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

BSB: Do not wear yourself out to get rich;be wise enough to restrain yourself.

DARBY: Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

DRA: Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

KJV: Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:5

AMP: When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone.For wealth certainly makes itself wingsLike an eagle that flies to the heavens.

ASV: Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

BSB: When you glance at wealth, it disappears,for it makes wings for itselfand flies like an eagle to the sky.

DARBY: wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.

DRA: Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.

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.

Proverbs 23:6

AMP: ¶Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,Or desire his delicacies;

ASV: Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:

BSB: Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,and do not crave his delicacies;

DARBY: Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

DRA: Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

KJV: Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Proverbs 23:7

AMP: For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates].He says to you, “Eat and drink,”Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost].

ASV: For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

BSB: for he is keeping track,inwardly counting the cost.“Eat and drink,” he says to you,but his heart is not with you.

DARBY: For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

DRA: Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

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.

Proverbs 23:8

AMP: The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up,And you will waste your compliments.

ASV: The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

BSB: You will vomit up what little you have eatenand waste your pleasant words.

DARBY: Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

DRA: The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.

KJV: The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Proverbs 23:9

AMP: ¶Do not speak in the ears of a fool,For he will despise the [godly] wisdom of your words. [Is 32:6]

ASV: Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

BSB: Do not speak to a fool,for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

DARBY: Speak not in the ears of a foolish [man], for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

DRA: Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.

KJV: Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 23:10

AMP: ¶Do not move the ancient landmark [at the boundary of the property]And do not go into the fields of the fatherless [to take what is theirs], [Deut 19:14; 27:17; Prov 22:28]

ASV: Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

BSB: Do not move an ancient boundary stoneor encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

DARBY: Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

DRA: Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

KJV: Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Proverbs 23:11

AMP: For their Redeemer is strong and mighty;He will plead their case against you.

ASV: For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

BSB: for their Redeemer is strong;He will take up their case against you.

DARBY: for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

DRA: For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.

KJV: For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

Proverbs 23:12

AMP: Apply your heart to disciplineAnd your ears to words of knowledge.

ASV: Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

BSB: Apply your heart to instructionand your ears to words of knowledge.

DARBY: Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

DRA: Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge.

KJV: Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:13

AMP: ¶Do not withhold discipline from the child;If you swat him with a reed-like rod [applied with godly wisdom], he will not die.

ASV: Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

BSB: Do not withhold discipline from a child;although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.

DARBY: Withhold not correction from the child; for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die:

DRA: Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.

KJV: Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Proverbs 23:14

AMP: You shall swat him with the reed-like rodAnd rescue his life from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

ASV: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

BSB: Strike him with a rod,and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.

DARBY: thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol.

DRA: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.

KJV: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Proverbs 23:15

AMP: ¶My son, if your heart is wise,My heart will also be glad;

ASV: My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

BSB: My son, if your heart is wise,my own heart will indeed rejoice.

DARBY: My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine;

DRA: My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee:

KJV: My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Proverbs 23:16

AMP: Yes, my heart will rejoiceWhen your lips speak right things.

ASV: Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things.

BSB: My inmost being will rejoicewhen your lips speak what is right.

DARBY: and my reins shall exult, when thy lips speak right things.

DRA: And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.

KJV: Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Proverbs 23:17

AMP: ¶Do not let your heart envy sinners [who live godless lives and have no hope of salvation],But [continue to] live in the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the Lord day by day.

ASV: Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

BSB: Do not let your heart envy sinners,but always continue in the fear of the LORD.

DARBY: Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;

DRA: Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:

KJV: Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Proverbs 23:18

AMP: Surely there is a future [and a reward],And your hope and expectation will not be cut off.

ASV: For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off.

BSB: For surely there is a future,and your hope will not be cut off.

DARBY: for surely there is a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

DRA: Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.

KJV: For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Proverbs 23:19

AMP: Listen, my son, and be wise,And direct your heart in the way [of the Lord].

ASV: Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way.

BSB: Listen, my son, and be wise,and guide your heart on the right course.

DARBY: Thou, my son, hear and be wise, and direct thy heart in the way.

DRA: Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.

KJV: Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Proverbs 23:20

AMP: Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,Or with gluttonous eaters of meat, [Is 5:22; Luke 21:34; Rom 13:13; Eph 5:18]

ASV: Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:

BSB: Do not join those who drink too much wineor gorge themselves on meat.

DARBY: Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.

DRA: Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:

KJV: Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 23:21

AMP: For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.

ASV: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

BSB: For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

DARBY: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

DRA: Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.

KJV: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 23:22

AMP: ¶Listen to your father, who sired you,And do not despise your mother when she is old.

ASV: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

BSB: Listen to your father who gave you life,and do not despise your mother when she is old.

DARBY: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

DRA: Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.

KJV: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:23

AMP: Buy truth, and do not sell it;Get wisdom and instruction and understanding.

ASV: Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

BSB: Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.

DARBY: Buy the truth, and sell it not; wisdom, and instruction, and intelligence.

DRA: Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

KJV: Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:24

AMP: ¶The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,And he who sires a wise child will have joy in him.

ASV: The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.

BSB: The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice,and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

DARBY: The father of a righteous [man] shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise [son] shall have joy of him:

DRA: The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.

KJV: The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

Proverbs 23:25

AMP: Let your father and your mother be glad,And let her who gave birth to you rejoice [in your wise and godly choices].

ASV: Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

BSB: May your father and mother be glad,and may she who gave you birth rejoice!

DARBY: let thy father and thy mother have joy, and let her that bore thee rejoice.

DRA: Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.

KJV: Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Proverbs 23:26

AMP: ¶My son, give me your heartAnd let your eyes delight in my ways,

ASV: My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

BSB: My son, give me your heart,and let your eyes delight in my ways.

DARBY: My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

DRA: My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.

KJV: My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Proverbs 23:27

AMP: For a prostitute is a deep pit,And an immoral woman is a narrow well.

ASV: For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

BSB: For a prostitute is a deep pit,and an adulteress is a narrow well.

DARBY: For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

DRA: For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

KJV: For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Proverbs 23:28

AMP: She lurks and lies in wait like a robber [who waits for prey],And she increases the faithless among men.

ASV: Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.

BSB: Like a robber she lies in waitand multiplies the faithless among men.

DARBY: She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the treacherous among men.

DRA: She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.

KJV: She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Proverbs 23:29

AMP: ¶Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has strife? Who has complaining?Who has wounds without cause?Whose eyes are red and dim?

ASV: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

BSB: Who has woe? Who has sorrow?Who has contentions? Who has complaints?Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

DARBY: Who hath woe? Who hath sorrow? Who contentions? Who complaining? Who wounds without cause? Who redness of eyes?

DRA: Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

KJV: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Proverbs 23:30

AMP: Those who linger long over wine,Those who go to taste mixed wine. [Prov 20:1; Eph 5:18]

ASV: They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

BSB: Those who linger over wine,who go to taste mixed drinks.

DARBY: They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.

DRA: Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink of their cups.

KJV: They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:31

AMP: Do not look at wine when it is red,When it sparkles in the glass,When it goes down smoothly.

ASV: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:

BSB: Do not gaze at wine while it is red,when it sparkles in the cupand goes down smoothly.

DARBY: Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkleth in the cup, and goeth down smoothly:

DRA: Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,

KJV: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Proverbs 23:32

AMP: At the last it bites like a serpentAnd stings like a viper.

ASV: At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

BSB: In the end it bites like a snakeand stings like a viper.

DARBY: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

DRA: But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.

KJV: At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Proverbs 23:33

AMP: Your [drunken] eyes will see strange thingsAnd your mind will utter perverse things [untrue things, twisted things].

ASV: Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

BSB: Your eyes will see strange things,and your mind will utter perversities.

DARBY: Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

DRA: Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.

KJV: Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Proverbs 23:34

AMP: And you will be [as unsteady] as one who lies down in the middle of the sea,And [as vulnerable to disaster] as one who lies down on the top of a ship’s mast, saying,

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.

BSB: You will be like one sleeping on the high seasor lying on the top of a mast:

DARBY: and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

DRA: And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost.

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.

Proverbs 23:35

AMP: “They struck me, but I was not hurt!They beat me, but I did not feel it!When will I wake up?I will seek more wine.”

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.

BSB: “They struck me, but I feel no pain!They beat me, but I did not know it!When can I wake upto search for another drink?”

DARBY: ''They have smitten me, [and] I am not sore; they have beaten me, [and] I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''

DRA: And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again?

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.

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