OET-RV GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
OET-RV PROV Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
OET-RV PRO 26 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28
This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
26 Like snow in the summer, or rain at harvest time,
so too honour isn’t fitting for a fool.
2 Like a fluttering bird or a darting swallow,
so too an undeserved curse won’t land on you.
3 There’s a whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod to beat the fool’s back.
4 Don’t answer a fool with a foolish answer,
otherwise you’ll just end up like them.
5 Answer a fool according to their foolish thinking,
so they don’t think they’re cleverer than they are.
6 ⇔Sending a fool with your message to pass on
is like cutting off your feet and drinking in violence.
7 The legs of a lame person just dangle down,
like a proverb in the mouth of fools.
is like tying the stone into the sling.
9 A drunkard getting thorns in his hand,
is like a fool trying to explain a proverb.
10 Hiring a fool or an unknown passer-by,
is like an archer just randomly shooting arrows.
11 ⇔A fool who keeps doing the same foolish things,
is like a dog that returns to its vomit.[ref]
12 Do you see a person who thinks they’re clever?
There’s more hope for a fool than for that person.
13 The lazy person says, “There’s a young lion on the road.
≈ There’s a lion out there on the streets.”
14 The door turns on its hinges,
and the slacker turns in their bed.
15 The sluggard keeps their hand in the dish—
they’re too lazy to bring it back to their mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in their own eyes,
than seven people who give good advice.
17 The person who gets angry about a quarrel that’s nothing to do with them,
is like someone grabbing the ears of a dog that’s passing by.
18-19 ⇔A person who deceives their neighbour then says they were just joking
is like a madman shooting flaming arrows.
20 When there’s no more firewood, the fire goes out,
and when there’s no gossiper, a conflict dies down.
21 Like wood gets the fire burning
≈ and charcoal keeps the embers hot,
→ so too a contentious person kindles strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels,
and they go right down into the person’s insides.
23 ⇔Burning lips and evil motives
are like a silver overlay on a clay pot.
24 A person who hates can disguise it with their lips,
but they’re accumulating deceit inside.
25 When they say favourable things, don’t trust them,
because there’s seven detestable things in within them.
26 Hatred can be covered by deception,
→ but it will be uncovered when people gather together.
27 The person who digs a pit will fall into it,
≈ and the one who rolls a stone will have it come back on them.
28 A lying tongue despises those who are crushed by it,
^ and a flattering mouth leads to calamity.
OET-RV PROV Intro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31