Proverbs 23:8-11 in English

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.

⁸ for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.

⁹ Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹¹ for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

⁸ for he will vomit it up, and spoil your fair words.

⁹ Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at your wise words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹¹ for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with you.

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the hearing of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their redeemer is strong; he shall plead their cause against thee.

⁸ When you realize what he is really thinking, it will cause you to want to vomit what you have eaten; and your kind words telling him that you are enjoying the meal will be wasted.

⁹ ◄Do not waste time by/It is useless► talking to foolish people; they will only despise the wise things that you say.

¹⁰ Do not steal someone's property by removing a boundary marker that has been there for a long time, and do not take for yourself the land that belongs to orphans,

¹¹ because Yahweh is strong, and he is like a relative that has the responsibility to defend them, he will stand up in court and argue for them and against you.

⁸ for he will vomit it up, and spoil your fair words.

⁹ Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at your wise words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹¹ for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with you.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

⁹ Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;

¹¹ For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.

⁸ Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a foolish man, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ for their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause against thee.

⁸ The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.

¹⁰ Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.

⁸ You'll vomit up the little pieces you've eaten, and your kind words of appreciation will be wasted.

⁹ Don't talk to stupid people because they'll ridicule your wise words.

¹⁰ Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,

¹¹ for their Protector is powerful and he will plead their case against you.

⁸ Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.

⁹ Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes.

¹⁰ Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.

¹¹ For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;

¹¹ For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with thee.

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their Redeemer is mighty; He shall plead their cause with thee.

⁸ Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou spit out, and thou hast wasted thy pleasant words.

⁹ Speak not before the ears of a fool; for he will despise the intelligence of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark, and into the fields of the fatherless must thou not enter;

¹¹ For their redeemer is strong; he will indeed plead their cause with thee.

⁸ For he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.

⁹ Say nothing in the ears of a fool, Lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmarks; And enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹¹ For the Lord is their redeemer; He is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.

⁸ The morsel, which thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit up; And thou wilt have thrown away thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark, And enter not into the fields of the fatherless!

¹¹ For their avenger is mighty; He will maintain their cause against thee.

⁸ The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ You will vomit up the little you have eaten and you will have wasted your compliments.

⁹ Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of orphans,

¹¹ for their Redeemer is strong and he will plead their case against you.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

¹¹ For their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause with thee.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

⁹ Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

¹⁰ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

¹¹ for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

⁸ Thou shalt spew out the meat, which thou hast eaten; and thou shalt lose thy fair words.

⁹ Speak thou not in the ears of unwise men; for they shall despise the teaching of thy speech.

¹⁰ Touch thou not the terms, or the boundary stones, of little children; and enter thou not into the field of fatherless and motherless children.

¹¹ For the neighbour of them is strong, and he shall deem their cause against thee.

⁸ Thou shalt spew out the meat, which thou hast eaten; and thou shalt lose thy fair words (or and thy flattery shall have been wasted).

⁹ Speak thou not in the ears of unwise men (or Speak thou not in the ears of the unwise); for they shall despise the teaching of thy speech.

¹⁰ Touch thou not the terms, (or the boundary stones, of the property) of little children; and enter thou not into the field of fatherless and motherless children.

¹¹ For the neighbour of them is strong, and he shall deem their cause against thee. (For their Friend is strong, and he shall judge their case against thee.)

⁸ Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.

⁹ In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

¹⁰ Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

¹¹ For their Redeemer is strong, He doth plead their cause with thee.