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/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
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/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 is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.
whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
4 Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.
not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
5 Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
6 Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.
to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand 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.
to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
8 Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.
like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
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.
thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
10 Judgment determines cases. And whoever imposes silence on the foolish mitigates anger.
archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
12 Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
13 The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
14 Just as a door turns upon its hinges, so also does the lazy one turn upon his bed.
[the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon 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.
to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
16 The lazy one seems wiser to himself than seven men speaking judgments.
wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
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.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
18 Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto death,
like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow 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 man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
20 When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled.
in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be 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.
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 whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
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: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
24 An enemy is known by his lips, though it is from his heart that he draws out deceit.
(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 will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart.
for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
26 Whoever covers hatred with deceit, his malice shall be revealed in the assembly.
to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.
to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
28 A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.
tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
