Proverbs 26
1 Like snow - in the summer and like rain at the harvest so not [is] suitable for a fool honor.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor [is] not fitting for a fool.
2 Like bird for fluttering like swallow for flying so a curse without cause (to him *Q(K)*) it will come.
As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause does not come.
3 A whip for horse a bridle for a donkey and a rod for [the] back of fools.
A whip is for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
4 May not you answer a fool according to foolishness his lest you should become like him also you.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Lest you are like to him—even you.
5 Answer a fool according to foolishness his lest he should be wise in own eyes his.
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he is wise in his own eyes.
6 [one who] cuts off Feet violence [one who] drinks [one who] sends words by [the] hand of a fool.
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
7 They hang down legs from a lame [person] and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
The two legs of the lame have been weak, And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
8 As ties a stone in a sling so [one who] gives to a fool honor.
As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honor to a fool.
9 Thorn[s] it goes up in [the] hand of a drunkard and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
A thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
10 An archer [who] wounds everyone and [one who] hires a fool and [one who] hires [those who] pass by.
The Former of all [is] great, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
11 Like a dog [which] returns to own vomit its a fool [who] repeats foolishness his.
As a dog has returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
12 You see a person wise in own eyes his hope [belongs] to a fool more than him.
You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
13 He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the road a lion [is] between the open places.
The slothful has said, “A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.”
14 The door it turns on hinge[s] its and a sluggard on bed his.
The door turns around on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
15 He hides a sluggard hand his in the dish he is weary to bring back it to mouth his.
The slothful has hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
16 [is] wise A sluggard in own eyes his more than seven [people] [who] bring back discernment.
Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
17 [one who] takes hold On [the] ears of a dog a passer by [who] becomes angry on a dispute [which] not [belongs] to him.
Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own.
18 Like a madman who throws burning arrows arrows and death.
As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
19 So a person [who] he deceives neighbor his and he says ¿ not jesting [was] I.
So has a man deceived his neighbor, And has said, “Am I not playing?”
20 With not wood it is extinguished a fire and with not a slanderer it becomes quiet strife.
Fire is going out without wood, And contention ceases without a tale-bearer,
21 Charcoal to burning coals and wood to fire and a person of (contentions *Q(K)*) to kindling strife.
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
22 [the] words of A slanderer [are] like delicacies and they they go down [the] chambers of [the] belly.
The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
23 Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a heart of evil.
Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
24 (With lips his *Q(K)*) he disguises himself [one who] hates and in inner being his he puts deceit.
A hater pretends by his lips, And he places deceit in his heart,
25 If he will make favorable voice his may not you trust in him for seven abominations [are] in heart his.
When his voice is gracious do not trust in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
26 It covers itself hatred with deception it will be revealed wickedness his in [the] assembly.
Hatred is covered by deceit, Its wickedness is revealed in an assembly.
27 [one who] digs A pit in it he will fall and [one who] rolls a stone to him it will return.
Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, And the roller of a stone, it turns to him.
28 A tongue of falsehood it hates crushed [people] its and a mouth flattering it makes stumbling.
A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth works an overthrow!
