Proverbs 21
1 stream water heart king in/on/with hand LORD upon all which to delight in to stretch him
As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.
2 all way: conduct man upright in/on/with eye his and to measure heart LORD
Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
3 to make: do righteousness and justice to choose to/for LORD from sacrifice
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
4 height eye and broad: arrogant heart lamp wicked sin
A high-minded man is stout-hearted in [his] pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.
5 plot sharp surely to/for advantage and all to hasten surely to/for need
6 work treasure in/on/with tongue deception vanity to drive to seek death
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity [on] to the snares of death.
7 violence wicked to drag/chew/saw them for to refuse to/for to make: do justice
Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.
8 crooked way: conduct man guilty and pure upright work his
To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
9 pleasant to/for to dwell upon corner roof from woman: wife contention and house: home fellow
[It is] better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered [rooms] with unrighteousness, and in an open house.
10 soul wicked to desire bad: evil not be gracious in/on/with eye his neighbor his
The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
11 in/on/with to fine to mock be wise simple and in/on/with be prudent to/for wise to take: recieve knowledge
When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.
12 be prudent righteous to/for house: household wicked to pervert wicked to/for bad: evil
A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.
13 to shutter ear his from outcry poor also he/she/it to call: call out and not to answer
He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear [him].
14 gift in/on/with secrecy to subdue face: anger and bribe in/on/with bosom: secret rage strong
A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
15 joy to/for righteous to make: do justice and terror to/for to work evil: wickedness
[It is] the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy [man] is abominable with evil-doers.
16 man to go astray from way: conduct be prudent in/on/with assembly shade to rest
A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.
17 man need to love: lover joy to love: lover wine and oil not to enrich
A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;
18 ransom to/for righteous wicked and underneath: instead upright to act treacherously
and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.
19 pleasant to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet wilderness from woman (contention *Q(K)*) and vexation
[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
20 treasure to desire and oil in/on/with pasture wise and fool man to swallow up him
A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.
21 to pursue righteousness and kindness to find life righteousness and glory
The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.
22 city mighty man to ascend: rise wise and to go down strength confidence her
A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted.
23 to keep: guard lip his and tongue his to keep: guard from distress soul: myself his
He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.
24 arrogant proud to mock name his to make: do in/on/with fury arrogance
A bold and self-willed and insolent [man] is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.
25 desire sluggish to die him for to refuse hand his to/for to make: do
Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.
26 all [the] day to desire desire and righteous to give: give and not to withhold
An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
27 sacrifice wicked abomination also for in/on/with wickedness to come (in): bring him
The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.
28 witness lie to perish and man to hear: hear to/for perpetuity to speak: speak
A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.
29 be strong man wicked in/on/with face his and upright he/she/it (to understand way: conduct his *Q(K)*)
An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.
30 nothing wisdom and nothing understanding and nothing counsel to/for before LORD
There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.
31 horse to establish: prepare to/for day battle and to/for LORD [the] deliverance: victory
A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.
