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Proverbs 23:8-10
New English Translation
Proverbs 23:8-10
New English Translation
8 you will vomit up[a] the little bit you have eaten,
and will have wasted your pleasant words.[b]
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool,[c]
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.[d]
10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone,
or take over[e] the fields of the fatherless,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:8 sn Eating and drinking with a selfish miser would be irritating and disgusting. The line is hyperbolic; the whole experience turns the stomach.
- Proverbs 23:8 tn Or “your compliments” (so NASB, NIV); cf. TEV “your flattery.”sn This is the eighth saying; it claims that it would be a mistake to accept hospitality from a stingy person. He is always thinking about the cost, his heart is not in it, and any attempt at pleasant conversation will be lost.
- Proverbs 23:9 sn The mention of “the ears” emphasizes the concerted effort to get the person’s undivided attention. However, a fool rejects instruction and discipline.
- Proverbs 23:9 sn Saying number nine indicates that wisdom is wasted on a fool. The literature of Egypt has no specific parallel to this one.
- Proverbs 23:10 tn Or “encroach on” (NIV, NRSV); Heb “go into.”
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