< Proverbs 3 >
1 [My] son, forget not my laws; but let your heart keep my words:
son: child my instruction my not to forget and commandment my to watch heart your
2 for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to you.
for length day and year life and peace to add to/for you
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you; but bind them about your neck:
kindness and truth: faithful not to leave: forsake you to conspire them upon neck your to write them upon tablet heart your
4 so shall you find favour: and do you provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
and to find favor and understanding pleasant in/on/with eye: seeing God and man
5 Trust in God with all your heart; and be not exalted in your own wisdom.
to trust to(wards) LORD in/on/with all heart your and to(wards) understanding your not to lean
6 In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.
in/on/with all way: conduct your to know him and he/she/it to smooth way your
7 Be not wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
not to be wise in/on/with eye your to fear: revere [obj] LORD and to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
8 Then shall there be health to your body, and good keeping to your bones.
healing to be to/for umbilical cord your and drink to/for bone your
9 Honour the Lord with your just labours, and give him the first of your fruits of righteousness:
to honor: honour [obj] LORD from substance your and from first: beginning all produce your
10 that your storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that your presses may burst forth with wine.
and to fill storehouse your abundance and new wine wine your to break through
11 [My] son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when you are rebuked of him:
discipline LORD son: child my not to reject and not to loathe in/on/with argument his
12 for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.
for [obj] which to love: lover LORD to rebuke and like/as father [obj] son: child to accept
13 Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
blessed man to find wisdom and man to promote understanding
14 For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
for pleasant profit her from profit silver: money and from gold produce her
15 And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
precious he/she/it (from jewel *Q(k)*) and all pleasure your not be like in/on/with her
16 For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue.
length day in/on/with right her in/on/with left her riches and glory
17 Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
way: conduct her way: conduct pleasantness and all path her peace
18 She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
tree life he/she/it to/for to strengthen: hold in/on/with her and to grasp her to bless
19 God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
LORD in/on/with wisdom to found land: country/planet to establish: establish heaven in/on/with understanding
20 By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
in/on/with knowledge his abyss to break up/open and cloud to drip dew
21 [My] son, let [them] not pass from [you], but keep my counsel and understanding:
son: child my not be devious from eye: seeing your to watch wisdom and plot
22 that your soul may live, and that there may be grace round your neck; and it shall be health to your flesh, and safety to your bones:
and to be life to/for soul your and favor to/for neck your
23 that you may go confidently in peace in all your ways, and that your foot may not stumble.
then to go: walk to/for security way: conduct your and foot your not to strike
24 For if you rest, you shall be undismayed; and if you sleep, you shall slumber sweetly.
if to lie down: lay down not to dread and to lie down: lay down and to please sleep your
25 And you shall not be afraid of alarm coming upon you, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
not to fear from dread suddenly and from devastation wicked for to come (in): come
26 For the Lord shall be over all your ways, and shall establish your foot that you be not moved.
for LORD to be in/on/with loin your and to keep: guard foot your from capture
27 Forbear not to do good to the poor, whenever your hand may have [power] to help [him].
not to withhold good from master: men his in/on/with to be to/for god: power (hand: power your *Q(K)*) to/for to make: do
28 Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while you are able to do [him] good: for you know not what the next day will bring forth.
not to say (to/for neighbor your *Q(K)*) to go: went and to return: again and tomorrow to give: give and there with you
29 Devise not evil against your friend, living near you and trusting in you.
not to plow/plot upon neighbor your distress: evil and he/she/it to dwell to/for security with you
30 Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do you some harm.
not (to contend *Q(k)*) with man for nothing if not to wean you distress: harm
31 Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do you covet their ways.
not be jealous in/on/with man violence and not to choose in/on/with all way: conduct his
32 For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit amongst the righteous.
for abomination LORD be devious and with upright counsel his
33 The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.
curse LORD in/on/with house: home wicked and pasture righteous to bless
34 The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.
if: surely yes to/for to mock he/she/it to mock (and to/for poor *Q(K)*) to give: give favor
35 The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted [their own] dishonour.
glory wise to inherit and fool to exalt dishonor