Proverbs 26
1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
like/as bird to/for to wander like/as swallow to/for to fly so curse for nothing (to/for him *Q(K)*) to come (in): come
3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
[the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
(in/on/with lips his *Q(K)*) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
