¹An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

¹Kdor se razdružuje, svojega išče poželenja in protivi se vsemu, kar bi mu bilo v blaginjo.

²A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

²Ne veseli se bedak umnosti, marveč samo, da se razodeva srce njegovo.

³When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

³Ko pride brezbožni, pride tudi zaničevanje, in z nečastjo pride zasramovanje.

⁴The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

⁴Vode globoke so besede iz ust vrlega moža, potok vrvrajoč je modrosti vrelec.

⁵To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

⁵Ni dobro potegniti se za brezbožnega, da se pravičnemu zvije pravica.

⁶A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

⁶Govori bedaka napravijo prepir in usta njegova prikličejo tepež.

⁷A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

⁷Usta bedakova so mu v pogubo in ustne njegove so zadrge duši njegovi.

⁸The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

⁸Podpihovalčeve besede so kakor slaščice in prodirajo do notranjščine života.

⁹One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

⁹Tudi kdor je nemaren v opravilu svojem, je brat zapravljivcu.

¹⁰The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

¹⁰Stolp močan je ime GOSPODOVO: tja priteče pravični in je na varnem.

¹¹The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

¹¹Bogatega blago je trden grad njegov in kakor zid visok v misli njegovi.

¹²Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

¹²Preden se stare, vzpne se srce človekovo, in pred častjo gre ponižnost.

¹³He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

¹³Kdor odgovarja, preden je slišal, mu štejejo to za neumnost in sramoto.

¹⁴A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

¹⁴Duh moški prenaša bridkost svojo, če pa je duh potrt, kdo ga povzdigne?

¹⁵The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

¹⁵Srce razumnega pridobiva znanje in modrih uho išče znanja.

¹⁶A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

¹⁶Dar človekov mu razširi pot in ga pripelje pred obličje mogočnikov.

¹⁷He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

¹⁷Pravičen se vidi, kdor je prvi v pravdi svoji, dokler ne pride bližnji njegov ter ga izpraša.

¹⁸The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.

¹⁸Prepire konča kocka in razsodi med močnimi.

¹⁹A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

¹⁹Brat, z grehom razžaljen, bolj se upira nego trdno mesto, in prepiri so kakor zapah grada.

²⁰A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

²⁰Ust svojih sadú se nasiti život vsakega, s pridelkom usten svojih vsak se siti.

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

²¹Smrt in življenje sta jeziku v oblasti; in kdor ga rad rabi, bo jedel sad njegov.

²²Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

²²Kdor je dobil ženo, je dobil kaj dobrega, in prejel je milosti od GOSPODA.

²³The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

²³Ponižno prosi ubožec, bogati pa odgovarja osorno.Mož, ki ima mnogo prijateljev, pride na nič; toda je prijatelj, ki je zvestejši od brata.

²⁴A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

²⁴Mož, ki ima mnogo prijateljev, pride na nič; toda je prijatelj, ki je zvestejši od brata.