Proverbs 9:12

shalt be Rather, art. R.V.

The LXX. version of this verse is interesting, and represents perhaps a fuller Hebrew text:

"My son, if thou be wise to thyself, thou shalt be wise to thy neighbours also;

But if thou turn out evil, thou alone shalt bear (lit. drain) the evil.

Whoso stayeth himself upon lies, he tendeth the winds;

And he will follow after birds on the wing.

For he hath forsaken the ways of his vineyard, and gone astray in the paths of his field;

For he walketh through a desert without water, and over a land that is set in thirsty places;

And with his hands he gathereth that which is without fruit."