Proverbs 27
1 Do not boast thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
not to boast: boast in/on/with day tomorrow for not to know what? to beget day
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
to boast: praise you be a stranger and not lip your foreign and not lips your
3 Heavy is a stone, and weighty is sand, —but, the vexation of a fool, is heavier than both.
heaviness stone and weight [the] sand and vexation fool(ish) heavy from two their
4 The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?
cruel rage and flood face: anger and who? to stand: stand to/for face: before jealousy
5 Better is a rebuke that is open, than love carefully concealed.
pleasant argument to reveal: uncover from love to hide
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but lavished are the kisses of an enemy.
be faithful wound to love: friend and be abundant kiss to hate
7 The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet.
soul: person sated to trample honey and soul: person hungry all bitter sweet
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, so, is a man wandering from his place.
like/as bird to wander from nest her so man to wander from place his
9 Oil and perfume, rejoice the heart, the sweetness of one’s friend, more than fragrant wood.
oil and incense to rejoice heart and sweetness neighbor his from counsel soul: myself
10 Thine own friend and thy father’s friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.
neighbor your (and neighbor *Q(K)*) father your not to leave: forsake and house: home brother: male-sibling your not to come (in): come in/on/with day calamity your pleasant neighboring near from brother: male-sibling distant
11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart, that I may answer him that reproacheth me in a matter.
be wise son: child my and to rejoice heart my and to return: reply to taunt me word
12 A prudent man, seeth calamity—he hideth himself, the simple, pass on—they suffer.
prudent to see: see distress: harm to hide simple to pass to fine
13 Take a man’s garment when he hath become pledge for a stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for foreign to pledge him
14 He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned to him.
to bless neighbor his in/on/with voice great: large in/on/with morning to rise curse to devise: count to/for him
15 A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, and a contentious wife, are alike:
dripping to pursue in/on/with day rain and woman: wife (contention *Q(K)*) be like
16 He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and, perfume, his right hand may proclaim.
to treasure her to treasure spirit: breath and oil right his to encounter: toward
17 Let, iron, by iron, become sharp, and let, a man, sharpen the face of his friend.
iron in/on/with iron to sharpen and man: anyone to sharpen face neighbor his
18 He that guardeth the fig-tree, shall eat the fruit thereof, and, he that watcheth over his master, shall be honoured.
to watch fig to eat fruit her and to keep: guard lord his to honor: honour
19 As in water, face [answereth] to face, so, the heart of man to man.
like/as water [the] face to/for face so heart [the] man to/for man
20 Hades and destruction, are not satisfied, and, the eyes of a man, are not satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
hell: Sheol (and destruction his *Q(K)*) not to satisfy and eye [the] man not to satisfy (Sheol h7585)
21 Fining pot for silver, and crucible for gold, and, a man, [is to be tried] by what he praiseth.
crucible to/for silver: money and furnace to/for gold and man to/for lip praise his
22 Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.
if to pound [obj] [the] fool(ish) in/on/with hollow in/on/with midst [the] grain in/on/with pestle not to turn aside: depart from upon him folly his
23 Note well, the appearance of thy flock, apply thy mind to thy herds;
to know to know face flock your to set: put heart your to/for flock
24 For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation: —
for not to/for forever: enduring wealth and if: surely yes consecration: crown to/for generation (and generation *Q(K)*)
25 The grass, is taken away, and the young shoot, showeth itself, and the herbage of the mountains, is gathered;
to reveal: remove grass and to see: see grass and to gather vegetation mountain: mount
26 There are, lambs, for thy clothing, and, for the price of thy field, there are he-goats;
lamb to/for clothing your and price land: country goat
27 With, enough goats-milk, for thy food—for the food of thy household, and, a maintenance, for thy maidens.
and sufficiency milk goat to/for food your to/for food house: household your and life to/for maiden your
