Proverbs 22
1 A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold—good grace.
to choose name from riches many from silver: money and from gold favor pleasant
2 Rich and poor have met together, YHWH [is] the Maker of them all.
rich and be poor to meet to make all their LORD
3 The prudent has seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
prudent to see: see distress: harm (and to hide *Q(K)*) and simple to pass and to fine
4 The end of humility [is] the fear of YHWH, riches, and honor, and life.
consequence humility fear LORD riches and glory and life
5 Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoever is keeping his soul is far from them.
thorn snare in/on/with way: conduct twisted to keep: guard soul his to remove from them
6 Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he does not turn from it.
to dedicate to/for youth upon lip: word way: conduct his also for be old not to turn aside: depart from her
7 The rich rules over the poor, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
rich in/on/with be poor to rule and servant/slave to borrow to/for man to borrow
8 Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, And the rod of his anger wears out.
to sow injustice (to reap *Q(k)*) evil: trouble and tribe: staff fury his to end: expend
9 The good of eye—he is blessed, For he has given of his bread to the poor.
pleasant eye he/she/it to bless for to give: give from food: bread his to/for poor
10 Cast out a scorner—and contention goes out, And strife and shame cease.
to drive out: drive out to mock and to come out: come strife and to cease judgment and dishonor
11 Whoever is loving cleanness of heart, His lips [are] grace, A king [is] his friend.
to love: lover (pure *Q(K)*) heart favor lip: words his neighbor his king
12 The eyes of YHWH have kept knowledge, And He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
eye LORD to watch knowledge and to pervert word to act treacherously
13 The slothful has said, “A lion [is] outside, I am slain in the midst of the broad places.”
to say sluggish lion in/on/with outside in/on/with midst street/plaza to murder
14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit, The abhorred of YHWH falls there.
pit deep lip be a stranger be indignant LORD (to fall: fall *Q(k)*) there
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of discipline puts it far from him.
folly to conspire in/on/with heart youth tribe: staff discipline to remove her from him
16 He [who] is oppressing the poor to multiply his [riches], Is giving to the rich—only to want.
to oppress poor to/for to multiply to/for him to give: give to/for rich surely to/for need
17 Incline your ear, and hear words of the wise, And set your heart to my knowledge,
to stretch ear your and to hear: hear word wise and heart your to set: make to/for knowledge my
18 For they are pleasant when you keep them in your heart, They are prepared together for your lips.
for pleasant for to keep: guard them in/on/with belly: body your to establish: prepare together upon lips your
19 That your trust may be in YHWH, I caused you to know today, even you.
to/for to be in/on/with LORD confidence your to know you [the] day also you(m. s.)
20 Have I not written to you three times With counsels and knowledge?
not to write to/for you (officer *Q(K)*) in/on/with counsel and knowledge
21 To cause you to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending you.
to/for to know you truth word truth: true to/for to return: reply word truth: true to/for to send: depart you
22 Do not rob the poor because he [is] poor, And do not bruise the afflicted in the gate.
not to plunder poor for poor he/she/it and not to crush afflicted in/on/with gate
23 For YHWH pleads their cause, And has spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
for LORD to contend strife their and to rob [obj] to rob them soul: life
24 Do not show yourself friendly with an angry man, And do not go in with a man of fury,
not to accompany with master: men face: anger and with man rage not to come (in): come
25 Lest you learn his paths, And have received a snare to your soul.
lest to teach/learn (way his *Q(K)*) and to take: recieve snare to/for soul: myself your
26 Do not be among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
not to be in/on/with to blow palm in/on/with to pledge loan
27 If you have nothing to pay, Why does he take your bed from under you?
if nothing to/for you to/for to complete to/for what? to take: take bed your from underneath: under you
28 Do not remove a border of ancient times, That your fathers have made.
not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity which to make father your
29 Have you seen a man speedy in his business? He stations himself before kings, He does not station himself before obscure men!
to see man quick in/on/with work his to/for face: before king to stand not to stand to/for face: before obscure
