Proverbs 26
1 Like snow - in the summer and like rain at the harvest so not [is] suitable for a fool honor.
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so a fool does not deserve honor.
2 Like bird for fluttering like swallow for flying so a curse without cause (to him *Q(K)*) it will come.
As the sparrow flitters and the swallow darts when they fly, so an undeserved curse does not alight.
3 A whip for horse a bridle for a donkey and a rod for [the] back of fools.
A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey and a rod is 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, or you will become like him.
5 Answer a fool according to foolishness his lest he should be wise in own eyes his.
Answer a fool and join in on his folly, so he will not become 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.
Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7 They hang down legs from a lame [person] and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
Like the legs of a paralytic which hang down is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 As ties a stone in a sling so [one who] gives to a fool honor.
Like tying a stone in a sling 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.
Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb 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.
Like an archer who wounds all those around him is one who hires a fool or hires anyone who passes by.
11 Like a dog [which] returns to own vomit its a fool [who] repeats foolishness his.
As a dog returns to his own vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
12 You see a person wise in own eyes his hope [belongs] to a fool more than him.
Do you see someone who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
13 He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the road a lion [is] between the open places.
The lazy person says, “There is a lion on the road! There is a lion between the open places!”
14 The door it turns on hinge[s] its and a sluggard on bed his.
As the door turns on its hinges, so is the lazy person upon his bed.
15 He hides a sluggard hand his in the dish he is weary to bring back it to mouth his.
The lazy person puts his hand into the dish and yet he has no strength to lift it up to his mouth.
16 [is] wise A sluggard in own eyes his more than seven [people] [who] bring back discernment.
The lazy person is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who respond with good judgment.
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.
Like one who takes hold of the ears of a dog, is a passerby who becomes angry at a dispute that is not his own.
18 Like a madman who throws burning arrows arrows and death.
Like a madman who shoots burning arrows,
19 So a person [who] he deceives neighbor his and he says ¿ not jesting [was] I.
is the one who deceives his neighbor and says, “Was I not telling a joke?”
20 With not wood it is extinguished a fire and with not a slanderer it becomes quiet strife.
For lack of wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no gossiper quarreling ceases.
21 Charcoal to burning coals and wood to fire and a person of (contentions *Q(K)*) to kindling strife.
As charcoal is to burning coals and wood is to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
22 [the] words of A slanderer [are] like delicacies and they they go down [the] chambers of [the] belly.
The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body.
23 Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a heart of evil.
Like the glaze overlaying an earthen vessel so 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.
One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips and he lays up deceit within himself.
25 If he will make favorable voice his may not you trust in him for seven abominations [are] in heart his.
He will speak graciously, but do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 It covers itself hatred with deception it will be revealed wickedness his in [the] assembly.
Though his hatred is covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 [one who] digs A pit in it he will fall and [one who] rolls a stone to him it will return.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it and the stone will roll back on the one who pushed it.
28 A tongue of falsehood it hates crushed [people] its and a mouth flattering it makes stumbling.
A lying tongue hates the people it crushes and a flattering mouth brings about ruin.
