Proverbs 24
1 Do not be envious of evil men, And do not desire to be with them.
not be jealous in/on/with human distress: evil and not (to desire *Q(k)*) to/for to be with them
2 For their heart meditates [on] destruction, And their lips speak perverseness.
for violence to mutter heart their and trouble lips their to speak: speak
3 A house is built by wisdom, And it establishes itself by understanding.
in/on/with wisdom to build house: home and in/on/with understanding to establish: establish
4 And the inner parts are filled by knowledge, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.
and in/on/with knowledge chamber to fill all substance precious and pleasant
5 The wise [is] mighty in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
great man wise in/on/with strength and man knowledge to strengthen strength
6 For you make war for yourself by plans, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
for in/on/with counsel to make to/for you battle and deliverance: victory in/on/with abundance to advise
7 Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
to exalt to/for fool(ish) wisdom in/on/with gate not to open lip his
8 Whoever is devising to do evil, They call him a master of wicked thoughts.
to devise: devise to/for be evil to/for him master: [master of] plot to call: call to
9 The thought of folly [is] sin, And a scorner [is] an abomination to man.
wickedness folly sin and abomination to/for man to mock
10 You have showed yourself weak in a day of adversity, Your power is restricted,
to slacken in/on/with day distress narrow strength your
11 If [from] delivering those taken to death, And you take back those slipping to the slaughter.
to rescue to take: take to/for death and to shake to/for slaughter if to withhold
12 When you say, “Behold, we did not know this.” Is the Ponderer of hearts not He who understands? And the Keeper of your soul He who knows? And He has rendered to man according to his work.
for to say look! not to know this not to measure heart he/she/it to understand and to watch soul your he/she/it to know and to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
13 My son, eat honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb [is] sweet to your palate.
to eat son: child my honey for pleasant and honey sweet upon palate your
14 So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to your soul, If you have found that there is a posterity And your hope is not cut off.
so to know [emph?] wisdom to/for soul your if to find and there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
15 Do not lay wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting place.
not to ambush wicked to/for pasture righteous not to ruin rest his
16 For the righteous fall and rise seven [times], And the wicked stumble in evil.
for seven to fall: fall righteous and to arise: rise and wicked to stumble in/on/with distress: harm
17 Do not rejoice in the falling of your enemy, And do not let your heart be joyful in his stumbling,
in/on/with to fall: fall (enemy your *Q(K)*) not to rejoice and in/on/with to stumble he not to rejoice heart your
18 Lest YHWH see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He has turned His anger from off him.
lest to see: see LORD and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to return: turn back from upon him face: anger his
19 Do not fret yourself at evildoers, do not be envious at the wicked,
not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with wicked
20 For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
for not to be end to/for bad: evil lamp wicked to put out
21 Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, Do not mix yourself up with changers,
to fear: revere [obj] LORD son: child my and king with to change not to pledge
22 For their calamity rises suddenly, And the ruin of them both—who knows!
for suddenly to arise: rise calamity their and disaster two their who? to know
23 These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.
also these to/for wise to recognize face: kindness in/on/with justice: judgement not pleasant
24 Whoever is saying to the wicked, “You [are] righteous,” Peoples execrate him—nations abhor him.
to say to/for wicked righteous you(m. s.) to curse him people be indignant him people
25 And it is pleasant to those reproving, And a good blessing comes on them.
and to/for to rebuke be pleasant and upon them to come (in): come blessing good
26 He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips.
lips to kiss to return: reply word: speaking straightforward
27 Prepare your work in an out-place, And make it ready in the field—go afterward, Then you have built your house.
to establish: prepare in/on/with outside work your and be ready her in/on/with land: country to/for you after and to build house: home your
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, Or you have enticed with your lips.
not to be witness for nothing in/on/with neighbor your and to open wide in/on/with lips your
29 Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.”
not to say like/as as which to make: do to/for me so to make: do to/for him to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
30 I passed by near the field of a slothful man, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
upon land: country man sluggish to pass and upon vineyard man lacking heart
31 And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, And its stone wall has been broken down.
and behold to ascend: rise all his thorn to cover face: surface his nettle and wall stone his to overthrow
32 And I see—I set my heart, I have seen—I have received instruction,
and to see I to set: consider heart my to see: see to take: recieve discipline: instruction
33 A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.
little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
34 And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, And your want as an armed man!
and to come (in): come to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield
