Proverbs 26
1 In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.
Like snow - in the summer and like rain at the harvest so not [is] suitable for a fool honor.
2 Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away.
Like bird for fluttering like swallow for flying so a curse without cause (to him *Q(K)*) it will come.
3 A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
A whip for horse a bridle for a donkey and a rod for [the] back of fools.
4 Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.
May not you answer a fool according to foolishness his lest you should become like him also you.
5 Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
Answer a fool according to foolishness his lest he should be wise in own eyes his.
6 Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.
[one who] cuts off Feet violence [one who] drinks [one who] sends words by [the] hand of a fool.
7 In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.
They hang down legs from a lame [person] and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
8 Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.
As ties a stone in a sling so [one who] gives to a fool honor.
9 In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.
Thorn[s] it goes up in [the] hand of a drunkard and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
10 Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.
An archer [who] wounds everyone and [one who] hires a fool and [one who] hires [those who] pass by.
11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
Like a dog [which] returns to own vomit its a fool [who] repeats foolishness his.
12 Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
You see a person wise in own eyes his hope [belongs] to a fool more than him.
13 The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the road a lion [is] between the open places.
14 Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed.
The door it turns on hinge[s] its and a sluggard on bed his.
15 The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth.
He hides a sluggard hand his in the dish he is weary to bring back it to mouth his.
16 The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.
[is] wise A sluggard in own eyes his more than seven [people] [who] bring back discernment.
17 Just like one who takes hold of a dog by the ears, so also is he who crosses impatiently and meddles in the quarrels of another.
[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 Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,
Like a madman who throws burning arrows arrows and death.
19 so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, “I did it jokingly.”
So a person [who] he deceives neighbor his and he says ¿ not jesting [was] I.
20 When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.
With not wood it is extinguished a fire and with not a slanderer it becomes quiet strife.
21 Just as charcoals are to burning coals, and wood is to fire, so also is an angry man who stirs up quarrels.
Charcoal to burning coals and wood to fire and a person of (contentions *Q(K)*) to kindling strife.
22 The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.
[the] words of A slanderer [are] like delicacies and they they go down [the] chambers of [the] belly.
23 In the same manner as an earthen vessel, if it were adorned with impure silver, conceited lips are allied with a wicked heart.
Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a heart of evil.
24 An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.
(With lips his *Q(K)*) he disguises himself [one who] hates and in inner being his he puts deceit.
25 When he will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart.
If he will make favorable voice his may not you trust in him for seven abominations [are] in heart his.
26 Whoever covers hatred with deceit, his malice shall be revealed in the assembly.
It covers itself hatred with deception it will be revealed wickedness his in [the] assembly.
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.
[one who] digs A pit in it he will fall and [one who] rolls a stone to him it will return.
28 A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.
A tongue of falsehood it hates crushed [people] its and a mouth flattering it makes stumbling.
