Proverbs 20
1 to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2 roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
3 glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4 from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7 to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
8 king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
11 also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12 ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
13 not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
It is nil, it is nil, says the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
16 to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
Take his garment that is guarantor for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19 to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
20 to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
Whoso curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21 inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
An inheritance may be got hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.
23 abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
24 from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
Man's activities are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26 to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.
27 lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28 kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne supported by mercy.
29 beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
30 wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
The blueness of a wound cleanses away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
