< 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 scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.
2 roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
The fear of a king [is] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.
3 glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
4 from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
5 water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
6 abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?
7 to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!
8 king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,
9 who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'
10 stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah.
11 also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.
12 ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath 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 thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied [with] bread.
14 bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
15 there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
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 when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
17 sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.
18 plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.
19 to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.
20 to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
21 inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
22 not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.
23 abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.
24 from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?
25 snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
A snare to a man [is] he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.
26 to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.
27 lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.
28 kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.
29 beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.
30 wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!

< Proverbs 20 >