Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.
Proverbs 20:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘It’s worthless, it’s worthless! ’ the buyer says, but after he is on his way, he gloats. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is worthless, it is worthless! says the buyer; but when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain]. American Standard Version (1901) It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. Common English Bible The buyer says, “Bad, bad,” but then goes away and brags. Catholic Public Domain Version "It is bad, it is bad," says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast. |
Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.
There is gold and a multitude of jewels, but knowledgeable lips are a rare treasure.
Can one say about anything, ‘Look, this is new’? It has already existed in the ages before us.
The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is on her whole crowd.
This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offences, as we also previously told and warned you.