1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;

an outsider, and not your own lips.

3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden,

but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming,

but who can stand before jealousy?

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,

but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,

but who can stand before jealousy?

1 Boast not thyself of to morrow;

For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;

A stranger, and not thine own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;

But a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;

But who is able to stand before envy?

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;

A stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,

But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both of them.

4 Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent,

But who is able to stand before jealousy?

1 Don’t brag about tomorrow;

you don’t know what may happen then.

2 Don’t praise yourself. Let someone else do it.

Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.

3 Stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,

but a complaining fool is worse than either.

4 Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood,

but no one can put up with jealousy!

1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow;

For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;

A stranger, and not thine own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;

But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;

But who is able to stand before jealousy?

1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.

2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s vexation is heavier than them both. 4 Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

1 Do not brag about tomorrow, 

because you do not know what another day may bring. 

2 Praise should come from another person and not from your own mouth, 

from a stranger and not from your own lips. 

3 A stone is heavy, and sand weighs a lot, 

but annoyance caused by a stubborn fool is heavier than both. 

4 Anger is cruel, and fury is overwhelming, 

but who can survive jealousy? 

1 Don’t boast about tomorrow,

for you don’t know what a day might bring.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—

a stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and sand, a burden,

but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

4 Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,

but who can withstand jealousy?

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—

a stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,

but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,

but who is able to stand before jealousy?

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what the day will bring.

2 May another praise you and not your own mouth,

a stranger and not your own lips.

3 Heavy is a stone and weighty is sand,

but the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

4 Cruel is wrath and overwhelming is anger,

but who will stand before jealousy?

1 Don’t brag about tomorrow.

You don’t know what a day will bring.

2 Let another person praise you, and not your own mouth.

Let someone else praise you, and not your own lips.

3 Stones are heavy. Sand weighs a lot.

But letting a foolish person make you angry is a heavier load than both of them.

4 Anger is mean. Great anger overpowers you.

But who can face jealousy?

1 Do not boast about tomorrow,

For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

A stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,

But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.

4 Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,

But who can stand before jealousy?