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1. Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a foul odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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1. Dead H4194 flies H2070 cause the ointment H8081 of the apothecary H7543 to send forth H5042 a stinking savor H887 : so doth a little H4592 folly H5531 him that is in reputation H3368 for wisdom H4480 H2451 and honor H4480 H3519 .
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2. The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
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2. A wise man H2450 's heart H3820 is at his right hand H3225 ; but a fool H3684 's heart H3820 at his left H8040 .
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3. Even when fools walk on the road, they lack sense, and show to everyone that they are fools.
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3. Yea also H1571 , when he that is a fool H7945 H5530 walketh H1980 by the way H1870 , his wisdom H3820 faileth H2638 him , and he saith H559 to every one H3605 that he H1931 is a fool H5530 .
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4. If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness will undo great offenses.
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4. If H518 the spirit H7307 of the ruler H4910 rise up H5927 against H5921 thee, leave H5117 not H408 thy place H4725 ; for H3588 yielding H4832 pacifieth H5117 great H1419 offenses H2399 .
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5. There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as great an error as if it proceeded from the ruler:
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5. There is H3426 an evil H7451 which I have seen H7200 under H8478 the sun H8121 , as an error H7684 which proceedeth H7945 H3318 from H4480 H6440 the ruler H7989 :
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6. folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
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6. Folly H5529 is set H5414 in great H7227 dignity H4791 , and the rich H6223 sit H3427 in low place H8216 .
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7. I have seen slaves on horseback, and princes walking on foot like slaves.
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7. I have seen H7200 servants H5650 upon H5921 horses H5483 , and princes H8269 walking H1980 as servants H5650 upon H5921 the earth H776 .
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8. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.
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8. He that diggeth H2658 a pit H1475 shall fall H5307 into it ; and whoso breaketh H6555 a hedge H1447 , a serpent H5175 shall bite H5391 him.
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9. Whoever quarries stones will be hurt by them; and whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
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9. Whoso removeth H5265 stones H68 shall be hurt H6087 therewith; and he that cleaveth H1234 wood H6086 shall be endangered H5533 thereby.
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10. If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted; but wisdom helps one to succeed.
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10. If H518 the iron H1270 be blunt H6949 , and he H1931 do not H3808 whet H7043 the edge H6440 , then must he put to H1396 more strength H2428 : but wisdom H2451 is profitable H3504 to direct H3787 .
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11. If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.
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11. Surely H518 the serpent H5175 will bite H5391 without H3808 enchantment H3908 ; and a babbler H1167 H3956 is no H369 better H3504 .
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12. Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.
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12. The words H1697 of a wise man H2450 's mouth H6310 are gracious H2580 ; but the lips H8193 of a fool H3684 will swallow up H1104 himself.
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13. The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness;
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13. The beginning H8462 of the words H1697 of his mouth H6310 is foolishness H5531 : and the end H319 of his talk H6310 is mischievous H7451 madness H1948 .
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14. yet fools talk on and on. No one knows what is to happen, and who can tell anyone what the future holds?
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14. A fool H5530 also is full H7235 of words H1697 : a man H120 cannot H3808 tell H3045 what shall be H4100 H7945 H1961 ; and what H834 shall be H1961 after H4480 H310 him, who H4310 can tell H5046 him?
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15. The toil of fools wears them out, for they do not even know the way to town.
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15. The labor H5999 of the foolish H3684 wearieth H3021 every one of them, because H834 he knoweth H3045 not H3808 how to go H1980 to H413 the city H5892 .
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16. Alas for you, O land, when your king is a servant, and your princes feast in the morning!
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16. Woe H337 to thee , O land H776 , when thy king H7945 H4428 is a child H5288 , and thy princes H8269 eat H398 in the morning H1242 !
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17. Happy are you, O land, when your king is a nobleman, and your princes feast at the proper time-- for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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17. Blessed H835 art thou , O land H776 , when thy king H7945 H4428 is the son H1121 of nobles H2715 , and thy princes H8269 eat H398 in due season H6256 , for strength H1369 , and not H3808 for drunkenness H8358 !
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18. Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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18. By much slothfulness H6103 the building H4746 decayeth H4355 ; and through idleness H8220 of the hands H3027 the house H1004 droppeth through H1811 .
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19. Feasts are made for laughter; wine gladdens life, and money meets every need.
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19. A feast H3899 is made H6213 for laughter H7814 , and wine H3196 maketh merry H8055 H2416 : but money H3701 answereth H6030 H853 all H3605 things .
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20. Do not curse the king, even in your thoughts, or curse the rich, even in your bedroom; for a bird of the air may carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.
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20. Curse H7043 not H408 the king H4428 , no H1571 not in thy thought H4093 ; and curse H7043 not H408 the rich H6223 in thy bedchamber H2315 H4904 : for H3588 a bird H5775 of the air H8064 shall carry H1980 H853 the voice H6963 , and that which hath H1167 wings H3671 shall tell H5046 the matter H1697 .
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