Young's Literal Translation: Proverbs Page 39

30:24 Four [are] little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:

30:25 The ants [are] a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,

30:26 Conies [are] a people not strong, And they place in a rock their house,

30:27 A king there is not to the locust, And it goeth out -- each one shouting,

30:28 A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.

30:29 Three there are going well, Yea, four are good in going:

30:30 An old lion -- mighty among beasts, That turneth not back from the face of any,

30:31 A girt one of the loins, or a he-goat, And a king -- no rising up with him.

30:32 If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

30:33 For the churning of milk bringeth out butter, And the wringing of the nose bringeth out blood, And the forcing of anger bringeth out strife!

31:1 Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

31:2 `What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

31:3 Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

31:4 Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

31:5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

31:6 Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

31:7 He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change.

31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

31:10 A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies [is] her price.

31:11 The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.

31:12 She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life.

31:13 She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh [with] her hands.

31:14 She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

31:15 Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.