24:1 |
tNIV | Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company; | Do not envy the wicked men, do not desire their company; | Do not envy the wicked men, do not desire their company; |
24:2 |
tNIV | for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble. | for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble. Saying 21 | for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble. Saying 21 |
24:4 |
tNIV | through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. | through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. Saying 22 | through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. Saying 22 |
24:5 |
tNIV | A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength; | A The wise man has prevail through great power, and a man of those who have knowledge increases muster their strength;. | A The wise man has prevail through great power, and a man of those who have knowledge increases muster their strength;. |
24:6 |
tNIV | for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers. | for waging war Surely you need guidance to wage war, and for victory is won through many advisers. Saying 23 | for waging war Surely you need guidance to wage war, and for victory is won through many advisers. Saying 23 |
24:7 |
tNIV | Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say. | Wisdom is too high for a fool fools; in the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say they must not open their mouths. Saying 24 | Wisdom is too high for a fool fools; in the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say they must not open their mouths. Saying 24 |
24:8 |
tNIV | He who plots evil will be known as a schemer. | He who Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. | He who Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. |
24:9 |
tNIV | The schemes of folly are sin, and men detest a mocker. | The schemes of folly are sin, and men people detest a mocker. Saying 25 | The schemes of folly are sin, and men people detest a mocker. Saying 25 |
24:10 |
tNIV | If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength! | If you falter in times a time of trouble, how small is your strength! | If you falter in times a time of trouble, how small is your strength! |
24:12 |
tNIV | If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done? | If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person everyone according to what he has they have done? Saying 26 | If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person everyone according to what he has they have done? Saying 26 |
24:14 |
tNIV | Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. | Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; like honey for you: if If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Saying 27 | Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; like honey for you: if If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Saying 27 |
24:15 |
tNIV | Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man’s house, do not raid his dwelling place; | Do not lie in wait lurk like an outlaw against a thief near the house of the righteous man’s house, do not raid his plunder their dwelling place; | Do not lie in wait lurk like an outlaw against a thief near the house of the righteous man’s house, do not raid his plunder their dwelling place; |
24:16 |
tNIV | for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity. | for though a the righteous man falls fall seven times, he rises they rise again, but the wicked are brought down by stumble when calamity strikes. Saying 28 | for though a the righteous man falls fall seven times, he rises they rise again, but the wicked are brought down by stumble when calamity strikes. Saying 28 |
24:17 |
NIV2011 | Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, | Do not gloat when your enemy falls enemies fall; when he stumbles they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, | Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, |
24:18 |
tNIV | or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him. | or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him them. Saying 29 | or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him them. Saying 29 |
24:19 |
tNIV | Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of the wicked, | Do not fret because of evil men evildoers or be envious of the wicked, | Do not fret because of evil men evildoers or be envious of the wicked, |
24:20 |
tNIV | for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. | for the evil man evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. Saying 30 | for the evil man evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out. Saying 30 |
24:21 |
tNIV | Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with the rebellious, | Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with the rebellious officials, | Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with the rebellious officials, |
24:22 |
tNIV | for those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? | for those two will send sudden destruction upon on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? | for those two will send sudden destruction upon on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? |
24:24 |
tNIV | Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him and nations denounce him. | Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”— will be cursed by peoples will curse him and denounced by nations denounce him. | Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”— will be cursed by peoples will curse him and denounced by nations denounce him. |
24:25 |
tNIV | But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them. | But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon on them. | But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon on them. |
24:27 |
tNIV | Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house. | Finish Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house. | Finish Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house. |
24:28 |
tNIV | Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive. | Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, — or would you use your lips to deceive. mislead? | Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, — or would you use your lips to deceive. mislead? |
24:29 |
tNIV | Do not say, “I’ll do to him as he has done to me; I’ll pay that man back for what he did.” | Do not say, “I’ll do to him them as he has they have done to me; I’ll pay that man them back for what he they did.” | Do not say, “I’ll do to him them as he has they have done to me; I’ll pay that man them back for what he they did.” |
24:30 |
tNIV | I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; | I went past the field of the a sluggard, past the vineyard of the man someone who lacks judgment has no sense; | I went past the field of the a sluggard, past the vineyard of the man someone who lacks judgment has no sense; |
24:34 |
tNIV | and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. | and poverty will come on you like a bandit thief and scarcity like an armed man. | and poverty will come on you like a bandit thief and scarcity like an armed man. |