Category: Proverbs

American Standard Version (ASV):
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

King James Version (KJV):
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

King James Version (KJV):
Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.

American Standard Version (ASV):
[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

King James Version (KJV):
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

American Standard Version (ASV):
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

King James Version (KJV):
So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

American Standard Version (ASV):
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

King James Version (KJV):
These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

King James Version (KJV):
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

American Standard Version (ASV):
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

King James Version (KJV):
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

King James Version (KJV):
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

King James Version (KJV):
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

American Standard Version (ASV):
He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer.

King James Version (KJV):
[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.