27:1 Boast not for to morrow, for thou knowest not what the day to come may bring forth.

27:1 ne glorieris in crastinum ignorans quid superventura pariat dies

27:2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

27:2 laudet te alienus et non os tuum extraneus et non labia tua

27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighty: but the anger of a fool is heavier than them both.

27:3 grave est saxum et onerosa harena sed ira stulti utroque gravior

27:4 Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

27:4 ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit

27:5 Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

27:5 melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus

27:6 Better are the wounds of a friend, than the deceitful kisses of an enemy.

27:6 meliora sunt vulnera diligentis quam fraudulenta odientis oscula

27:7 A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

27:7 anima saturata calcabit favum anima esuriens et amarum pro dulce sumet

27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.

27:8 sicut avis transmigrans de nido suo sic vir qui relinquit locum suum

27:9 Ointment and perfumes rejoice the heart: and the good counsels of a friend are sweet to the soul.

27:9 unguento et variis odoribus delectatur cor et bonis amici consiliis anima dulcoratur

27:10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not: and go not into thy brother's house in the day of thy affliction. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother afar off.

27:10 amicum tuum et amicum patris tui ne dimiseris et domum fratris tui ne ingrediaris in die adflictionis tuae melior est vicinus iuxta quam frater procul

27:11 Study wisdom, my son, and make my heart joyful, that thou mayst give an answer to him that reproacheth.

27:11 stude sapientiae fili mi et laetifica cor meum ut possim exprobranti respondere sermonem

27:12 The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.

27:12 astutus videns malum absconditus est parvuli transeuntes sustinuere dispendia

27:13 Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.

27:13 tolle vestimentum eius qui spopondit pro extraneo et pro alienis auferto pignus

27:14 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth.

27:14 qui benedicit proximo suo voce grandi de nocte consurgens maledicenti similis erit

27:15 Roofs dropping through in a cold day, and a contentious woman are alike.

27:15 tecta perstillantia in die frigoris et litigiosa mulier conparantur

27:16 He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call the oil of his right hand.

27:16 qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat et oleum dexterae suae vocabit

27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

27:17 ferrum ferro acuitur et homo exacuit faciem amici sui

27:18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

27:18 qui servat ficum comedet fructus eius et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur

27:19 As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

27:19 quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus

27:20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

27:20 infernus et perditio non replentur similiter et oculi hominum insatiabiles

27:21 As silver is tried in the fining-pot, and gold in the furnace: so a man is tried by the mouth of him that praiseth. The heart of the wicked seeketh after evils, but the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.

27:21 quomodo probatur in conflatorio argentum et in fornace aurum sic probatur homo ore laudantis

27:22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

27:22 si contuderis stultum in pila quasi tisanas feriente desuper pilo non auferetur ab eo stultitia eius

27:23 Be diligent to know the countenance of thy cattle, and consider thy own flocks:

27:23 diligenter agnosce vultum pecoris tui tuosque greges considera

27:24 For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

27:24 non enim habebis iugiter potestatem sed corona tribuetur in generatione generationum

27:25 The meadows are open, and the green herbs have appeared, and the hay is gathered out of the mountains.

27:25 aperta sunt prata et apparuerunt herbae virentes et collecta sunt faena de montibus

27:26 Lambs are for thy clothing: and kids for the price of the field.

27:26 agni ad vestimentum tuum et hedi agri pretium

27:27 Let the milk of the goats be enough for thy food, and for the necessities of thy house, and for maintenance for thy handmaids.

27:27 sufficiat tibi lac caprarum in cibos tuos in necessaria domus tuae et ad victum ancillis tuis