< Proverbs 24 >
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither 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 studieth oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
for violence to mutter heart their and trouble lips their to speak: speak
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
in/on/with wisdom to build house: home and in/on/with understanding to establish: establish
4 And by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
and in/on/with knowledge chamber to fill all substance precious and pleasant
5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
great man wise in/on/with strength and man knowledge to strengthen strength
6 For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war: and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
for in/on/with counsel to make to/for you battle and deliverance: victory in/on/with abundance to advise
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
to exalt to/for fool(ish) wisdom in/on/with gate not to open lip his
8 He that deviseth to do evil, men shall call him a mischievous person.
to devise: devise to/for be evil to/for him master: [master of] plot to call: call to
9 The thought of the foolish is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
wickedness folly sin and abomination to/for man to mock
10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
to slacken in/on/with day distress narrow strength your
11 Deliver them that are carried away unto death, and those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
to rescue to take: take to/for death and to shake to/for slaughter if to withhold
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this: doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every 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 thou honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
to eat son: child my honey for pleasant and honey sweet upon palate your
14 So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul: if thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, and thy hope shall not be 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 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
not to ambush wicked to/for pasture righteous not to ruin rest his
16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
for seven to fall: fall righteous and to arise: rise and wicked to stumble in/on/with distress: harm
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he is overthrown:
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 the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from 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 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; neither be thou envious at the wicked:
not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with wicked
20 For there will be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
for not to be end to/for bad: evil lamp wicked to put out
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
to fear: revere [obj] LORD son: child my and king with to change not to pledge
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the destruction of them both?
for suddenly to arise: rise calamity their and disaster two their who? to know
23 These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
also these to/for wise to recognize face: kindness in/on/with justice: judgement not pleasant
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him:
to say to/for wicked righteous you(m. s.) to curse him people be indignant him people
25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
and to/for to rebuke be pleasant and upon them to come (in): come blessing good
26 He kisseth the lips that giveth a right answer.
lips to kiss to return: reply word: speaking straightforward
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it ready for thee in the field; and afterwards build thine 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 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
not to be witness for nothing in/on/with neighbor your and to open wide in/on/with lips your
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man 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 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
upon land: country man sluggish to pass and upon vineyard man lacking heart
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
and behold to ascend: rise all his thorn to cover face: surface his nettle and wall stone his to overthrow
32 Then I beheld, and considered well: I saw, and received instruction.
and to see I to set: consider heart my to see: see to take: recieve discipline: instruction
33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber; and thy want as an armed man.
and to come (in): come to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield