Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.
to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
2 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
15 There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
29 The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.
wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
