Proverbs 25:4-7 in English

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, And there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

⁷ For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

⁴ Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.

⁵ Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

⁶ Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes;

⁷ for it is better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble thee in the presence of the prince; speak of that which thine eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

⁷ For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

⁷ For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

⁴ Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.

⁵ Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

⁶ Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes;

⁷ for it is better for you that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble you in the presence of the prince; speak of that which your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the finer:

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

⁷ For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

⁴ If workers burn out the impure bits that are in silver, a man who makes things from silver can make something beautiful from the silver.

⁵ Similarly, if wicked advisors are taken away from a king, his government will remain secure, because the king will be able to act justly.

⁶ When you stand in front of a king, do not try to ◄impress him/honor yourself► and do not ◄act like you are important/ask to sit where important people sit;►

⁷ it is better if someone tells you to sit closer to the king than for someone to tell you, while the king is listening, to sit further away in order that someone who is more important may sit closer to the king.

⁴ Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.

⁵ Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

⁶ Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes;

⁷ for it is better for you that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble you in the presence of the prince; speak of that which your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place amongst great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

⁵ Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

⁶ Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

⁷ For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner:

⁵ take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of the great;

⁷ for better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes see.

⁴ Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most pure vessel:

⁵ Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.

⁶ Appear not glorious before the king, and stand not in the place of great men.

⁷ For it is better that it should be said to thee: Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be humbled before the prince.

⁴ Remove the waste from the silver, and the silversmith has pure silver to work with.

⁵ Remove the wicked from the king's presence and the king will rule securely and justly.

⁶ Don't try to make yourself look great before the king, and don't pretend to be among the important people,

⁷ for it's better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be humiliated before a nobleman. Even though you've seen something with your own eyes,

⁴ Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shall proceede a vessell for the finer.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.

⁶ Boast not thy selfe before the King, and stand not in the place of great men.

⁷ For it is better, that it be saide vnto thee, Come vp hither, then thou to be put lower in the presece of the prince whom thine eyes haue seene.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Glorify not thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men;

⁷ For better is it that it be said unto thee: 'Come up hither', than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, And there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

⁷ For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince Whom thine eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there will come forth a vessel for the melter.

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be firmly established in righteousness.

⁶ Do not glorify thyself in the presence of the king, and force thyself not into the place of great men;

⁷ For better it is that it be said unto thee, “Come up hither,” than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince, which thy own eyes have often seen.

⁴ Beat the drossy silver, And it shall be made entirely pure.

⁵ Slay the ungodly from before the king, And his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

⁶ Be not boastful in the presence of the king, And remain not in the places of princes;

⁷ For it is better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, Than that one should humble thee in the presence of the prince; Speak of that which thine eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, And there will come forth a vessel for the founder;

⁵ Take away the wicked man from the presence of the king, And his throne will be established by righteousness.

⁶ Put not thyself forth in the presence of the king, Nor set thyself in the place of the great;

⁷ For better is it that one should say to thee, “Come up hither!” Than that he should put thee in a lower place, In the presence of the prince whom thine eyes behold.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Remove the dross from the silver and a metal worker can use the silver in his craft.

⁵ Even so, remove wicked people from the presence of the king and his throne will be established by doing what is right.

⁶ Do not honor yourself in the king's presence and do not stand in the place designated for great people.

⁷ It is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman. What you have witnessed,

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place amongst great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

⁶ Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men :

⁷ For better it is that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁶ Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place amongst great men;

⁷ for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

⁴ Do thou away rust from silver, and a full clean vessel shall go out.

⁵ Do thou away unpiety from the cheer of the king, and his throne shall be made steadfast by rightfulness or rightwiseness.

⁶ Appear thou not glorious before the king, and stand thou not in the place of great men.

⁷ For it is better, that it be said to thee, Ascend thou or Go up hither, than that thou be made low before the prince.

⁴ Do thou away rust from silver, and a full clean vessel shall go out.

⁵ Do thou away unpiety from the cheer of the king (or Take thou away wicked persons from before the king), and his throne shall be made steadfast by rightfulness.

⁶ Appear thou not glorious before the king, and stand thou not in the place of great men.

⁷ For it is better, that it be said to thee, Ascend thou hither (or Come thou up here), than that thou be made low before the prince.

⁴ Take away dross from silver, And a vessel for the refiner goeth forth,

⁵ Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

⁶ Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

⁷ For better that he hath said to thee, 'Come thou up hither,' Than that he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.