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 honour [is] not comely 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 doth 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 an ass, 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.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him — even thou.
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.
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.
Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And 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 is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour 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 hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And 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.
Great [is] the Former of all, 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 hath 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.
Thou hast 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 hath 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 turneth round 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 hath 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 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 hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?'
20 With not wood it is extinguished a fire and with not a slanderer it becomes quiet strife.
Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
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.
By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
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 trust not 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, Revealed is its wickedness 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.
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
28 A tongue of falsehood it hates crushed [people] its and a mouth flattering it makes stumbling.
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
