6:1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;
6:1 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor, if you have bound yourself to another,

6:2 if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;
6:2 you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.

6:3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.
6:3 So do this, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hurry, and plead with your neighbor.

6:4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
6:4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;

6:5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6:5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
6:6 Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.

6:7 Without having any chief, officer or ruler,
6:7 Without having any chief or officer or ruler,

6:8 she prepares her food in summer, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.
6:8 it prepares its food in summer, and gathers its sustenance in harvest.

6:9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
6:9 How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?

6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

6:11 and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.
6:11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.

6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
6:12 A scoundrel and a villain goes around with crooked speech,

6:13 winks with his eyes, scrapes with his feet, points with his finger,
6:13 winking the eyes, shuffling the feet, pointing the fingers,

6:14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
6:14 with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;

6:15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
6:15 on such a one calamity will descend suddenly; in a moment, damage beyond repair.

6:16 There are six things which the LORD hates, seven which are an abomination to him:
6:16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him:

6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

6:18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,
6:18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil,

6:19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.
6:19 a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.

6:20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
6:20 My child, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

6:21 Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.
6:21 Bind them upon your heart always; tie them around your neck.

6:22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.
6:22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

6:23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
6:23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

6:24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.
6:24 to preserve you from the wife of another, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

6:25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
6:25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

6:26 for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.
6:26 for a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man's very life.

6:27 Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
6:27 Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one's clothes?

6:28 Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
6:28 Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet?

6:29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
6:29 So is he who sleeps with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

6:30 Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?
6:30 Thieves are not despised who steal only to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.

6:31 And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.
6:31 Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold; they will forfeit all the goods of their house.

6:32 He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.
6:32 But he who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

6:33 Wounds and dishonor will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
6:33 He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

6:34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
6:34 For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he shows no restraint when he takes revenge.

6:35 He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.
6:35 He will accept no compensation, and refuses a bribe no matter how great.