A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],
And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

If you have nothing with which to pay [another’s debt when he defaults],
Why should his creditor take your bed from under you?

Your [drunken] eyes will see strange things
And your mind will utter perverse things [untrue things, twisted things].

Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life;
He hears the curse [when swearing an oath to testify], but discloses nothing [and commits perjury by omission].

Under three things the earth is disquieted and quakes,
And under four it cannot bear up:

Under a servant when he reigns,
Under a [spiritually blind] fool when he is filled with food,