Proverbs 16
1 to/for man plan heart and from LORD answer tongue
People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh is the one who decides [MTY] what really will happen.
2 all way: conduct man pure in/on/with eye his and to measure spirit LORD
People may think that their actions are right, but Yahweh really knows why people do what they do.
3 to roll to(wards) LORD deed: work your and to establish: establish plot your
(Request/Rely on) Yahweh to direct what you plan to do; [if you do that], you will succeed in what you plan.
4 all to work LORD to/for answer his and also wicked to/for day distress: harm
Yahweh knows why he does everything that he does; he has even prepared the wicked for the time that he will punish them.
5 abomination LORD all high heart hand: certainly to/for hand: certainly not to clear
Yahweh hates/detests everyone who is proud [IDM]; you can be certain [IDM] that they will be punished [LIT].
6 in/on/with kindness and truth: faithful to atone iniquity: crime and in/on/with fear LORD to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
Be loyal to Yahweh and faithfully [obey] him; if you do that, he will forgive you for having sinned. If we revere him, nothing evil will happen to us (OR, he will prevent evil things from happening to us).
7 in/on/with to accept LORD way: conduct man also enemy his to ally with him
When our behavior pleases Yahweh, he even causes our enemies to act peacefully toward us.
8 pleasant little in/on/with righteousness from abundance produce in/on/with not justice
It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly.
9 heart man to devise: devise way: journey his and LORD to establish: establish step his
People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh directs/determines what they will [really] be able to do.
10 divination upon lips king in/on/with justice: judgement not be unfaithful lip his
[If] God directs what a king says, what he decides is [always] right/fair.
11 balance and balance justice to/for LORD deed his all stone: weight purse
Yahweh wants us to use scales that are correct; the weights in his bag are correct, [because] he made them.
12 abomination king to make: do wickedness for in/on/with righteousness to establish: establish throne
Kings detest those who do evil, because [it is people doing what] is fair/right that causes their governments to be [MTY] strong.
13 acceptance king lips righteousness and to speak: speak upright to love: lover
Kings are delighted to hear people say [MTY] what is true; they love those who say what is right/honest.
14 rage king messenger death and man wise to atone her
If a king becomes angry, he [may] command that someone be executed, [so] wise people will [try to] cause him to be calm.
15 in/on/with light face king life and acceptance his like/as cloud spring rain
If a king has a smile [MTY] on his face, he will enable people to have a [long] life (OR, he will not order people to be executed); his being pleased [with people] is [as delightful] as rain in the springtime [when seeds are planted].
16 to buy wisdom what? pleasant from gold and to buy understanding to choose from silver: money
Becoming wise is better than aquiring gold; getting good understanding/insight is better than acquiring silver.
17 highway upright to turn aside: depart from bad: evil to keep: guard soul: life his to watch way: conduct his
Those whose behavior [MET] is good/right turn away from doing evil; those who guard their conduct [MTY] protect their lives.
18 to/for face: before breaking pride and to/for face: before stumbling height spirit
Being proud will (lead to your having/cause you to have) disasters; despising others will result in your being ruined.
19 pleasant to abase spirit with (poor *Q(K)*) from to divide spoil with proud
It is better to be humble and poor than [to associate with] proud [people] and [to become rich by] dividing with them (plunder/goods captured in a battle).
20 be prudent upon word to find good and to trust in/on/with LORD blessed he
Those who heed good teaching/instruction will prosper; happy are those who trust in Yahweh.
21 to/for wise heart to call: call to to understand and sweetness lip: words to add teaching
People say that those who are wise learn what is right/good behavior, and those who talk pleasantly [are able to] influence others [to do what is right].
22 fountain life understanding master: owning his and discipline fool(ish) folly
Being wise is [like having] a fountain that gives life [MET], but foolish people are punished as a result of their acting foolishly.
23 heart wise be prudent lip: word his and upon lips his to add teaching
Those who are wise think carefully before they talk, and as a result they are able to influence/persuade others [to do what is right].
24 honeycomb honey word pleasantness sweet to/for soul and healing to/for bone: body
Kind words are like honey [SIM]: We enjoy them both, and both cause our bodies to be healthy/strong.
25 there way: conduct upright to/for face of man and end her way: conduct death
There are some kinds of behavior [MET] that people think are right, but (walking on those roads [MET]/continually doing those things) causes those people to die.
26 soul: appetite labour(er) to toil to/for him for to crave upon him lip his
If a worker (has an appetite/is hungry), that urges him to work hard because he [SYN] wants to [earn money to buy things to] eat.
27 man Belial: worthless to pierce distress: evil and upon (lip: words his *Q(K)*) like/as fire burning
Worthless people plan [ways to cause] trouble [for others], and [even] what they say [injures people] like a hot fire does [SIM].
28 man perversity to send: depart strife and to grumble to separate tame
Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people; those who say false things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies.
29 man violence to entice neighbor his and to go: take him in/on/with way: conduct not pleasant
Those who act violently entice/encourage others [to also act violently] and lead them along a road that will end in disaster.
30 to shut eye his to/for to devise: devise perversity to wink lips his to end: decides distress: evil
People [sometimes] show with [one of] their eyes [to signal to their friends that they are] planning to do something to harm [others]; they smirk when they are about to do something evil.
31 crown beauty greyheaded in/on/with way: conduct righteousness to find
Gray hair is [like] a glorious crown [MET] that is given to people who have always behaved righteously.
32 pleasant slow face: anger from mighty man and to rule in/on/with spirit his from to capture city
Those who do not become angry quickly are better than those who are powerful; it is better to (control your temper/keep yourself from becoming very angry) than to conquer a city.
33 in/on/with bosom: lap to cast [obj] [the] allotted and from LORD all justice: judgement his
People (cast lots/throw marked stones) [to decide what should be done], but God is the one who truly decides what will happen.
