Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise.
to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
2 Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 It is an honor for a man to cease from a contest; but every fool enrageth himself.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 Because it is winter's cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.
from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
5 Like deep water is counsel in the heart of man; but the man of understanding will draw it out.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but who can find a faithful man?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 The righteous walketh in his integrity: happy will be his children after him.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil.
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin.
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work will be pure, and whether it will be upright.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, the Lord hath made both of them alike.
ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thy eyes, so wilt thou be satisfied with bread.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then doth he 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 pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
17 Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that enticeth with his lips.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
21 An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,
inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Do not say, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 From the Lord are the steps of man [ordained]; but man— how can he understand his own way?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 It is a snare to a man to sanctify things hastily, and to make inquiry only after having made vows.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne.
kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
29 The ornament of young men is their strength; and the glory of old men is a hoary head.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes [will reach] the inner chambers of the body.
wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
