Proverbs 26
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Like snow - in the summer and like rain at the harvest so not [is] suitable for a fool honor.
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
Like bird for fluttering like swallow for flying so a curse without cause (to him *Q(K)*) it will come.
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
A whip for horse a bridle for a donkey and a rod for [the] back of fools.
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
May not you answer a fool according to foolishness his lest you should become like him also you.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Answer a fool according to foolishness his lest he should be wise in own eyes his.
6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
[one who] cuts off Feet violence [one who] drinks [one who] sends words by [the] hand of a fool.
7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
They hang down legs from a lame [person] and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
As ties a stone in a sling so [one who] gives to a fool honor.
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Thorn[s] it goes up in [the] hand of a drunkard and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
An archer [who] wounds everyone and [one who] hires a fool and [one who] hires [those who] pass by.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Like a dog [which] returns to own vomit its a fool [who] repeats foolishness his.
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
You see a person wise in own eyes his hope [belongs] to a fool more than him.
13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the road a lion [is] between the open places.
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
The door it turns on hinge[s] its and a sluggard on bed his.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
He hides a sluggard hand his in the dish he is weary to bring back it to mouth his.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
[is] wise A sluggard in own eyes his more than seven [people] [who] bring back discernment.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
[one who] takes hold On [the] ears of a dog a passer by [who] becomes angry on a dispute [which] not [belongs] to him.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Like a madman who throws burning arrows arrows and death.
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
So a person [who] he deceives neighbor his and he says ¿ not jesting [was] I.
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
With not wood it is extinguished a fire and with not a slanderer it becomes quiet strife.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Charcoal to burning coals and wood to fire and a person of (contentions *Q(K)*) to kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
[the] words of A slanderer [are] like delicacies and they they go down [the] chambers of [the] belly.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a heart of evil.
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
(With lips his *Q(K)*) he disguises himself [one who] hates and in inner being his he puts deceit.
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
If he will make favorable voice his may not you trust in him for seven abominations [are] in heart his.
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
It covers itself hatred with deception it will be revealed wickedness his in [the] assembly.
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
[one who] digs A pit in it he will fall and [one who] rolls a stone to him it will return.
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
A tongue of falsehood it hates crushed [people] its and a mouth flattering it makes stumbling.
