Proverbios 6
Bible in Basic English
1My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
2You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
3Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
4Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
5Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.
6Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
7Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
9How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
11Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
12A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
13Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
14His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
15For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.
16Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
17Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
18A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
19A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
21Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
22In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.
23For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
25Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
27May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
28Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
29So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
30Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
31But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
32He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
33Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
34For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
35He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.
Reina-Valera 1909
1HIJO mío, si salieres fiador por tu amigo, si tocaste tu mano por el extraño,
2Enlazado eres con las palabras de tu boca, y preso con las razones de tu boca.
3Haz esto ahora, hijo mío, y líbrate, ya que has caído en la mano de tu prójimo: ve, humíllate, y asegúrate de tu amigo.
4No des sueño á tus ojos, ni á tus párpados adormecimiento.
5Escápate como el corzo de la mano del cazador, y como el ave de la mano del parancero.
6Ve á la hormiga, oh perezoso, mira sus caminos, y sé sabio;
7La cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor,
8Prepara en el verano su comida y allega en el tiempo de la siega su mantenimiento.
9Perezoso, ¿hasta cuándo has de dormir? ¿cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño?
10Un poco de sueño, un poco de dormitar, y cruzar por un poco las manos para reposo:
11Así vendrá tu necesidad como caminante, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo.
12El hombre malo, el hombre depravado, anda en perversidad de boca;
13Guiña de sus ojos, habla con sus pies, indica con sus dedos;
14Perversidades hay en su corazón, anda pensando mal en todo tiempo; enciende rencillas.
15Por tanto su calamidad vendrá de repente; súbitamente será quebrantado, y no habrá remedio.
16Seis cosas aborrece Jehová, y aun siete abomina su alma:
17Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente,
18El corazón que maquina pensamientos inicuos, los pies presurosos para correr al mal,
19El testigo falso que habla mentiras, y el que enciende rencillas entre los hermanos.
20Guarda, hijo mío, el mandamiento de tu padre, y no dejes la enseñanza de tu madre:
21Atalos siempre en tu corazón, enlázalos á tu cuello.
22Te guiarán cuando anduvieres; cuando durmieres te guardarán; hablarán contigo cuando despertares.
23Porque el mandamiento es antorcha, y la enseñanza luz; y camino de vida las reprensiones de la enseñanza:
24Para que te guarden de la mala mujer, de la blandura de la lengua de la extraña.
25No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, ni ella te prenda con sus ojos:
26Porque á causa de la mujer ramera es reducido el hombre á un bocado de pan; y la mujer caza la preciosa alma del varón.
27¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno, sin que sus vestidos se quemen?
28¿Andará el hombre sobre las brasas, sin que sus pies se abrasen?
29Así el que entrare á la mujer de su prójimo; no será sin culpa cualquiera que la tocare.
30No tienen en poco al ladrón, cuando hurtare para saciar su alma teniendo hambre:
31Empero tomado, paga las setenas, da toda la sustancia de su casa.
32Mas el que comete adulterio con la mujer, es falto de entendimiento: corrompe su alma el que tal hace.
33Plaga y vergüenza hallará; y su afrenta nunca será raída.
34Porque los celos son el furor del hombre, y no perdonará en el día de la venganza.
35No tendrá respeto á ninguna redención; ni querrá perdonar, aunque multipliques los dones.
King James Version
1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3Do 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.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
World English Bible
1My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
2you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.
4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
11so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.
12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
16There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.
23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
27Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
28Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
30Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
31but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
33He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
35He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.