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אַל תְּקַנֵּא אֶת אֵשֶׁת חֵיקֶךָ, פֶּן תִּלְמַד עָלֶיךָ רָעָה.
Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom, lest it teach [reveal] a bad trait of yourself.
Μὴ ζήλου γυναῖκα τοῦ κόλπου σου, μηδὲ διδάξῃς ἐπὶ σεαυτὸν παιδείαν πονηράν.
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, And teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
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אַל תַּקְנֶא לְאִשָּׁה נַפְשְׁךָ, לְהַדְרִיכָהּ עַל בָּמוֹתֶיךָ.
Do not be jealous of the wife of your soul, lest she trample upon your sanctuary.
Μὴ δῷς γυναικὶ τὴν ψυχήν σου, ἐπιβῆναι αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν ἰσχύν σου.
Give not thy soul unto a woman To set her foot upon thy substance.
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אַל תִּקְרַב אֶל אִשָּׁה זָרָה, פֶּן תִּפּוֹל בִּמְצוּדֹתֶיהָ.
Do not meet with a foreign female, lest you fall into her snares.
Μὴ ὑπάντα γυναικὶ ἑταιριζομένῃ, μήποτε ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τὰς παγίδας αὐτῆς.
Meet not with a harlot, Lest thou fall into her snares.
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עִם זוֹנָה אַל תִּסְתַּיֵּד, פֶּן תִּלָּכֵד בְּלִקְחֹתֶיהָ. לְהִתְנַבֵּל בְּמַרְאֵה עֵינֵיךָ, וּלְשׁוֹמֵם אֲחַר בֵּיתָהּ. עִם מְנַגְּנוֹת אַל תִּדְמוֹךְ, פֶּן יִשְׂרְפֻךָ בְּפִיפִיֹתָם. בִּבְתוּלָה אַל תִּתְבּוֹנֵן, פֶּן תִּוָּקֵש בַּעֲנָשֶׁיהָ.
With a harlot do not take council, lest thou be captured in her wares. Disgraced upon seeing her, and destroyed upon leaving her house. With charmed women do not sleep, lest your be burned with their lips. Gaze not on a virgin maid, lest thy be snared by her punishments.
Μετὰ ψαλλούσης μὴ ἐνδελέχιζε, μήποτε ἁλῷς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιχειρήμασιν αὐτῆς.
Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, Lest thou be taken with her attempts.
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Παρθένον μὴ καταμάνθανε, μήποτε σκανδαλισθῇς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτιμίοις αὐτῆς.
Gaze not on a maid, That thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
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אַל תִּתֵּן לְזוֹנָה נַפְשְׁךָ, פֶּן תָּסֵב נַחֲלָתֶךָ.
Do not give your soul to a harlot, lest you lose your inheritance.
Μὴ δῷς πόρναις τὴν ψυχήν σου, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσῃς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
Give not thy soul unto harlots, That thou lose not thine inheritance.
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Μὴ περιβλέπου ἐν ῥύμαις πόλεως, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις αὐτῆς μὴ πλανῶ.
Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, Neither wander thou in the solitary places thereof.
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הַעֲלִים עַיִן מֵאֵשֶׁת חֵן, וְאַל תַּבִּיט אֶל יֹפִי לֹא לָךְ. בְּתֹאַר אִשָּׁה הָשְׁחְתוּ רַבִּים, [וַעֲצוּמִים כָּל הֲרוּגֶיהָ,] וְכֵן אֹהֲבֶיהָ בְּאֵשׁ תְּלַהֵט. עִם בַּעְלָהּ אַל תִּטְעָם, וְאַל תָּסֵב עִמּוֹ שִׁכּוֹר.
Hide your eyes from a graceful woman, and do not ogle beauty not yours; By a woman’s beauty many have gone astray [And strong ones her victims], and from her loved ones in fire burned. Wit her husband, do not dine, nor go around with him drunk;
Ἀπόστρεψον ὀφθαλμὸν ἀπὸ γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου, καὶ μὴ καταμάνθανε κάλλος ἀλλότριον· ἐν κάλλει γυναικὸς πολλοὶ ἐπλανήθησαν, καὶ ἐκ τούτου φιλία ὡς πῦρ ἀνακαίεται.
Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, And look not upon another’s beauty; For many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; For herewith love is kindled as a fire.
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פֶּן תַּטֶּה אֵלֶיהָ לֵב, וּבְדָמִים תִּטֶּה אֶל שָׁחַת.
Lest thine heart incline unto her, and by your blood you're pushed into destruction.
Μετὰ ὑπάνδρου γυναικὸς μὴ κάθου τὸ σύνολον, καὶ μὴ συμβολοκοπήσῃς μετʼ αὐτῆς ἐν οἴνῳ, μήποτε ἐκκλίνῃ ἡ ψυχή σου ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου ὀλισθήσῃς εἰς ἀπώλειαν.
Sit not at all with another man’s wife, Nor sit down with her in thine arms, And spend not thy money with her at the wine; Lest thy heart incline unto her, And so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.
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אַל תִּטֹּשׁ אוֹהֵב יָשָׁן, כִּי חָדָשׁ לֹא יִדְמֶה לוֹ. יַיִן חָדָשׁ אוֹהֵב חָדָשׁ, וְיָשָׁן - אַחַר אוּלַי תִּשְׁתֶּינוּ.
Do not abandon an old friend, for the recent one is not his equal. New wine is like a new friend; & if it ages, maybe you will drink it.
Μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς φίλον ἀρχαῖον, ὁ γὰρ πρόσφατος οὐκ ἔστιν ἔφισος αὐτῷ· οἶνος νέος, φίλος νέος, ἐὰν παλαιωθῇ, μετʼ εὐφροσύνης πίεσαι αὐτόν.
Forsake not an old friend; For the new is not comparable to him: A new friend is as new wine; When it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
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אַל תְּקַנֵּא בְּאִישׁ רָשָׁע, כִּי לֹא תֵּדֵע מַה יּוֹמוֹ.
Do not envy a sinner, for you do not know his day of reckoning.
Μὴ ζηλώσῃς δόξαν ἁμαρτωλοῦ, οὐ γὰρ οἶδας τί ἔσται ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτοῦ.
Envy not the glory of a sinner: For thou knowest not what shall be his end.
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אַל תְּקַנֵּא בְּזָדוֹן מַצְלִיחַ, זְכֹר כִּי עַד מַוֶת לֹא יִנָּקֶה.
Do not envy the success of the malicious; remember that until death he is not cleansed.
Μὴ εὐδοκήσῃς ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ἀσεβῶν, μνήσθητι ὅτι ἕως ᾅδου οὐ μὴ δικαιωθῶσι.
Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; But remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
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רְחַק מֵאִישׁ שַׁלִּיט לַהֲרוֹג, וְאַל תִּפְחַד פַּחֲדֵי מַוֶת. וְאִם קָרַבְתָּ לֹא תֶאְשָׁם, פֶּן תִּקַּח אֶת נִשְׁמָתֶךָ. דַּע כִּי בֵין פַּחִים תִּצְעָד, וְעַד רֶשֶׁת תִּתְהַלָּךְ.
Keep far from a person who has authority to kill, and you will not be apprehensive of death, and if you are close, do not make a mistake, lest he take your soul. Recognize that you are stepping on hot coals, and in a net you are walking.
Μακρὰν ἄπεχε ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ὃς ἔχει ἐξουσιαν τοῦ φονεύειν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑποπτεύσῃς φόβον θανάτου· κᾂν προσέλθῃς, μὴ πλημμελήσῃς, ἵνα μὴ ἀφέληται τὴν ζωήν σου· ἐπίγνωθι ὅτι ἐν μέσῳ παγίδων διαβαίνεις, καὶ ἐπὶ ἐπάλξεων πόλεων περιπατεῖς.
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill: So shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: And if thou come unto him, make no fault, Lest he take away thy life presently: Remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, And that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
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בְּכֹחֲךָ קְנֵה רֵעֶךָ, וְעִם חֲכָמִים תִּסְתַּיָּד.
With all your power, acquire friends, and consult with the wise.
Κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου στόχασαι τοὺς πλησίον, καὶ μετὰ σοφῶν συμβουλεύου.
As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbor, And consult with the wise.
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עִם נָבוֹן יְהִי חֶשְׁבּוֹנֶךָ, וְכָל סוֹדְךָ בֵּינוֹתָם.
With intelligent people should be your calculations, and all your secrets only between yourselves.
Καὶ μετὰ συνετῶν ἔστω ὁ διαλογισμός σου, καὶ πᾶσα διήγησίς σου ἐν νόμῳ ὑψίστου.
Let thy talk be with the wise, And all thy communication in the law of the most High.
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אַנְשֵׁי צֶדֶק בַּעֲלֵי לַחְמֶך, וּבְיִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים תִּפְאַרְתֶּךָ.
Let righteous men be your bread masters, and fear of the Lord your trappings.
Ἄνδρες δίκαιοι ἔστωσαν σύνδειπνοί σου, καὶ ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου ἔστω τὸ καύχημά σου.
And let just men eat and drink with thee; And let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
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בְּחַכְמֵי יָדַיִם יֵחָשֵׁב יוֹשֵׁר, וּמוֹשֵׁל בְּעַמּוֹ חָכָם.
With the handiwork of wisdom, will it be straight, and a leader in the midst of his people is wise. [Alternative: The work of craftsmen will be praised, and the leader of the people will be wise in his speech.]
Ἐν χειρὶ τεχνιτῶν ἔργον ἐπαινεθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος λαοῦ σοφὸς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ.
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended; And the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
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בּוֹטֶה נוֹרָא בָּעִיר, אִישׁ לָשׁוֹן וּמַשָּׂא עַל פִּיהוּ יְשֻׁנֶּא.
Those who speak rashly sets fire to the town; a man of tongues and those that give orders are hated.
Φοβερὸς ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης, καὶ ὁ προπετὴς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ μισηθήσεται.
A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; And he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.