Proverbs 24
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.
not be jealous in/on/with human distress: evil and not (to desire *Q(k)*) to/for to be with them
2 For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
for violence to mutter heart their and trouble lips their to speak: speak
3 Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,
in/on/with wisdom to build house: home and in/on/with understanding to establish: establish
4 and by knowledge the chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
and in/on/with knowledge chamber to fill all substance precious and pleasant
5 A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases might.
great man wise in/on/with strength and man knowledge to strengthen strength
6 For by wise guidance thou shall make thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
for in/on/with counsel to make to/for you battle and deliverance: victory in/on/with abundance to advise
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.
to exalt to/for fool(ish) wisdom in/on/with gate not to open lip his
8 He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.
to devise: devise to/for be evil to/for him master: [master of] plot to call: call to
9 The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
wickedness folly sin and abomination to/for man to mock
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
to slacken in/on/with day distress narrow strength your
11 Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.
to rescue to take: take to/for death and to shake to/for slaughter if to withhold
12 If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
for to say look! not to know this not to measure heart he/she/it to understand and to watch soul your he/she/it to know and to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
13 My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,
to eat son: child my honey for pleasant and honey sweet upon palate your
14 so the knowledge of wisdom is to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
so to know [emph?] wisdom to/for soul your if to find and there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
15 Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.
not to ambush wicked to/for pasture righteous not to ruin rest his
16 For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
for seven to fall: fall righteous and to arise: rise and wicked to stumble in/on/with distress: harm
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,
in/on/with to fall: fall (enemy your *Q(K)*) not to rejoice and in/on/with to stumble he not to rejoice heart your
18 lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
lest to see: see LORD and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to return: turn back from upon him face: anger his
19 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.
not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with wicked
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
for not to be end to/for bad: evil lamp wicked to put out
21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change.
to fear: revere [obj] LORD son: child my and king with to change not to pledge
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and the destruction from them both, who knows it?
for suddenly to arise: rise calamity their and disaster two their who? to know
23 These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
also these to/for wise to recognize face: kindness in/on/with justice: judgement not pleasant
24 He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.
to say to/for wicked righteous you(m. s.) to curse him people be indignant him people
25 But to those who rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
and to/for to rebuke be pleasant and upon them to come (in): come blessing good
26 He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
lips to kiss to return: reply word: speaking straightforward
27 Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
to establish: prepare in/on/with outside work your and be ready her in/on/with land: country to/for you after and to build house: home your
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.
not to be witness for nothing in/on/with neighbor your and to open wide in/on/with lips your
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
not to say like/as as which to make: do to/for me so to make: do to/for him to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
30 I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
upon land: country man sluggish to pass and upon vineyard man lacking heart
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.
and behold to ascend: rise all his thorn to cover face: surface his nettle and wall stone his to overthrow
32 Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
and to see I to set: consider heart my to see: see to take: recieve discipline: instruction
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
34 so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
and to come (in): come to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield
