Proverbs 14
1 wise woman to build house: home her and folly in/on/with hand her to overthrow him
Wise women [PRS] hold their families together [by the wise things that they do], but foolish women ruin their families by the foolish things that they do.
2 to go: walk in/on/with uprightness his afraid LORD and be devious way: conduct his to despise him
By [continually] behaving/acting righteously, [people show that they] greatly revere Yahweh; those who (walk on crooked paths/always deceive others) [show that they] despise him.
3 in/on/with lip fool(ish) branch pride and lips wise to keep: guard them
Foolish people will be punished [MTY] for what they say, but wise [people] will be protected by what they say [MTY].
4 in/on/with nothing cattle crib pure and abundance produce in/on/with strength cattle
If [a man has] no oxen [to plow his field], he does not [need to put] grain [in their feedbox], but if [he has] oxen, they will enable [him to produce] an abundant crop.
5 witness faithful not to lie and to breathe lie witness deception
Witnesses who are reliable [always] say what (is true/really happened), but witnesses who are not reliable constantly tell lies [about what happened].
6 to seek to mock wisdom and nothing and knowledge to/for to understand to lighten
Those who make fun [of being wise] will never become wise, but those who understand [what is right] learn things easily.
7 to go: went from before to/for man fool and not to know lip: words knowledge
Stay away from foolish people, because they will not be able to teach you anything [useful].
8 wisdom prudent to understand way: conduct his and folly fool deceit
Those who have good sense are wise, so they know what they should do [and what they should not do]; foolish people do not know what is right to do, but because they think that they do, they are deceiving themselves.
9 fool(ish) to mock guilt (offering) and between upright acceptance
Foolish people make fun of their committing sins; but God is pleased with those who do what is right.
10 heart to know bitterness soul: myself his and in/on/with joy his not to pledge be a stranger
If you are very sad or if you are joyful, only you know what you are experiencing; no one else [can] know what you are feeling.
11 house: household wicked to destroy and tent upright to sprout
Houses built by wicked [people] will be destroyed, but houses built by good/righteous [people] will last for a long time.
12 there way: conduct upright to/for face of man and end her way: conduct death
There are some kinds of behavior [MET] that [some] people [falsely] think are right, but (walking on those roads/continually doing those things) causes [those people] to die.
13 also in/on/with laughter to pain heart and end her joy grief
[Sometimes] when people laugh, they are [really] sad, and when they stop laughing, they are still sad.
14 from way: conduct his to satisfy to turn heart and from upon him man pleasant
Those who stubbornly continue to do what is wrong will get what they deserve, and those who continually do what is good will [also] get what they deserve.
15 simple be faithful to/for all word: thing and prudent to understand to/for step his
Foolish people believe everything [that people tell them]; those who have good sense think carefully about what will be the result of their actions.
16 wise afraid and to turn aside: depart from bad: evil and fool be arrogant and to trust
Wise people are careful and avoid [doing things that will give them] trouble; foolish people are careless and act (too quickly/without thinking).
17 short face: anger to make: do folly and man plot to hate
Those who quickly become angry [IDM] do foolish things; [people] hate those who plan to do wicked things (OR, those who have good sense remain calm/patient).
18 to inherit simple folly and prudent to surround knowledge
Foolish people get what they deserve for doing foolish things; those with good sense are rewarded [MET] by being able to learn a lot.
19 to bow bad: evil to/for face: before pleasant and wicked upon gate righteous
[Some day] evil [people] will bow down in front of righteous [people to show that they respect them]; they [will humbly stand] at the gates of [the houses of] righteous [people and request their help].
20 also to/for neighbor his to hate be poor and to love: friend rich many
[No one likes] poor [people]; even their friends/neighbors do not like them; rich [people] have many friends, but [only while the rich people still have money].
21 to despise to/for neighbor his to sin and be gracious (poor *Q(K)*) blessed he
It is sinful to despise your [poor] neighbors; [God] is pleased with those who do kind things for the poor.
22 not to go astray to plow/plot bad: evil and kindness and truth: faithful to plow/plot good
Those who plan to do things that are evil/wrong are walking on the wrong road; people faithfully love, respect and are loyal to those who plan to do what is good.
23 in/on/with all toil to be advantage and word: because lip: words surely to/for need
If you work hard, you will (accomplish something good/get a good income), but if all you do is to talk [and not work], you will remain poor.
24 crown wise riches their folly fool folly
One of the rewards [MET] of being wise is to become rich; the reward of acting foolishly is to become more foolish.
25 to rescue soul: life witness truth: true and to breathe lie deceit
By saying [in court] what is true, you [can] save the life [of the one who is being falsely accused]; if you tell lies, you are abandoning someone who needs your help [to defend him].
26 in/on/with fear LORD confidence strength and to/for son: child his to be refuge
Those who revere Yahweh are confident [that he will protect them], and their family will [also] be protected.
27 fear LORD fountain life to/for to turn aside: depart from snare death
Having an awesome respect for Yahweh is [like] [MET] [having] a fountain that gives life; it will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you [MET].
28 in/on/with abundance people adornment king and in/on/with end people terror prince
If a king rules over many people, many people will [be able to] honor him; if he has only a few people in his kingdom, he will have very little [HYP] power.
29 slow face: anger many understanding and short spirit: temper to exalt folly
Those who do not quickly become angry are very wise; by quickly becoming angry, people show that they are foolish.
30 life flesh heart healing and rottenness bone jealousy
Having a mind that is peaceful results in having a healthy body; having a mind that is [often] in turmoil is [like] [MET] cancer in [a person’s] bones.
31 to oppress poor to taunt to make him and to honor: honour him be gracious needy
Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people, but acting kindly toward them is respecting God.
32 in/on/with distress: evil his to thrust wicked and to seek refuge in/on/with death his righteous
Wicked [people] ruin themselves by the evil things that they do, but righteous/good [people] are kept safe/protected even when they die (OR, because of their continually doing what is right).
33 in/on/with heart to understand to rest wisdom and in/on/with entrails: among fool to know
Those who have good sense always think what is wise; foolish people do not know anything about being wise.
34 righteousness to exalt nation and shame people sin
[When] the people of a nation [continually act] righteously, it causes that nation to be great; [continually doing what is] evil causes a nation to be disgraced.
35 acceptance king to/for servant/slave be prudent and fury his to be be ashamed
Kings are pleased with officials who do their work competently/skillfully, but they punish [MTY] those who [do their work in a manner that] causes the kings to be disgraced.
