9
Oil(I) and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.(a)
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.(a)
10
Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend,(J)
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(K)
and don’t go to your brother’s house
in your time of calamity;
better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.(K)
13
Take his garment,(b)
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(c)(O)
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(c)(O)
14
If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.
18
Whoever tends a fig tree(Q) will eat its fruit,(R)
and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
and whoever looks after his master will be honored.
22
Though you grind a fool
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.(W)
in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,
you will not separate his foolishness from him.(W)
Footnotes:
a.
Proverbs 27:9: LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction
b.
Proverbs 27:13: A debtor’s outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13,17; Jb 22:6; Am 2:8
c.
Proverbs 27:13: Lit a foreign woman
d.
Proverbs 27:17: Lit and a man sharpens his friend’s face
e.
Proverbs 27:21: Or gold, but a man [is tested] by his praise