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, 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.
Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
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 for the 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.
Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
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 be 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.
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7 They hang down legs from a lame [person] and a proverb in [the] mouth of fools.
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As ties a stone in a sling so [one who] gives to a fool honor.
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives 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 bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable 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.
As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
11 Like a dog [which] returns to own vomit its a fool [who] repeats foolishness his.
As a dog that returns to his 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 a man 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 sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
14 The door it turns on hinge[s] its and a sluggard on bed his.
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
15 He hides a sluggard hand his in the dish he is weary to bring back it to mouth his.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
16 [is] wise A sluggard in own eyes his more than seven [people] [who] bring back discernment.
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
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 grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman who throws burning arrows arrows and death.
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19 So a person [who] he deceives neighbor his and he says ¿ not jesting [was] I.
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
20 With not wood it is extinguished a fire and with not a slanderer it becomes quiet strife.
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21 Charcoal to burning coals and wood to fire and a person of (contentions *Q(K)*) to kindling strife.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to 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 whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
23 Silver of dross overlaid on earthenware lips burning and a heart of evil.
Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
24 (With lips his *Q(K)*) he disguises himself [one who] hates and in inner being his he puts deceit.
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil 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 speech is charming, don’t 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.
His malice may be concealed by deception, but 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 shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A tongue of falsehood it hates crushed [people] its and a mouth flattering it makes stumbling.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
