Proverbs 21
1 stream water heart king in/on/with hand LORD upon all which to delight in to stretch him
Yahweh controls what kings do [MTY] [like] he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do.
2 all way: conduct man upright in/on/with eye his and to measure heart LORD
People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our (motives/reasons [for doing things)] [MTY].
3 to make: do righteousness and justice to choose to/for LORD from sacrifice
Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than [bringing] sacrifices [to him].
4 height eye and broad: arrogant heart lamp wicked sin
Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is [like] a lamp [MTY] [that guides] wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes (wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do).
5 plot sharp surely to/for advantage and all to hasten surely to/for need
People who plan carefully will surely have plenty [of what they need]; those who act too quickly [to become rich] will become poor.
6 work treasure in/on/with tongue deception vanity to drive to seek death
Money that people acquire [by cheating others] by lying [MTY] to them will soon disappear [like] a mist, and doing that will [soon] lead to their death.
7 violence wicked to drag/chew/saw them for to refuse to/for to make: do justice
Wicked [people] refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things [PRS] that they do.
8 crooked way: conduct man guilty and pure upright work his
Guilty [people continually do what is evil; it is as though] [MET] they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people [always] do what is right.
9 pleasant to/for to dwell upon corner roof from woman: wife contention and house: home fellow
It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop [by yourself] than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging.
10 soul wicked to desire bad: evil not be gracious in/on/with eye his neighbor his
Wicked [people] [SYN] are always wanting [to do what is] evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone.
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 those who ridicule [others] are punished, [even] those who do not have good sense [see that, and] they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser.
12 be prudent righteous to/for house: household wicked to pervert wicked to/for bad: evil
[God], the one [who is completely] righteous, knows [what happens inside] the houses of wicked [people], and [he will cause] those people to be completely ruined/destroyed.
13 to shutter ear his from outcry poor also he/she/it to call: call out and not to answer
There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out [for help]; [but some day] they themselves will cry out [for help], and no one will hear them.
14 gift in/on/with secrecy to subdue face: anger and bribe in/on/with bosom: secret rage strong
When someone is angry [with you], if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.
15 joy to/for righteous to make: do justice and terror to/for to work evil: wickedness
Good/Righteous [people] are happy when they [see others do] what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified [when they think about what may happen to them].
16 man to go astray from way: conduct be prudent in/on/with assembly shade to rest
Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will [soon] discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.
17 man need to love: lover joy to love: lover wine and oil not to enrich
Those who spend their money to buy (things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy) will become poor; those who love [to spend money to buy] wine and nice/fancy food [MTY] will never become rich.
18 ransom to/for righteous wicked and underneath: instead upright to act treacherously
Wicked [people] bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous [people] to experience [DOU].
19 pleasant to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet wilderness from woman (contention *Q(K)*) and vexation
It is better to live [alone] in a desert than [to live] with a wife who is [always] nagging and complaining.
20 treasure to desire and oil in/on/with pasture wise and fool man to swallow up him
Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people [quickly] spend/waste [all their money].
21 to pursue righteousness and kindness to find life righteousness and glory
Those who [always] try to act in a fair and kind way [toward others] will live [a long time] and be honored/respected.
22 city mighty man to ascend: rise wise and to go down strength confidence her
A wise army commander [helps his troops] climb over a wall [to attack] a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to (get over/destroy) the high walls that their enemies trusted [would protect them].
23 to keep: guard lip his and tongue his to keep: guard from distress soul: myself his
Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY] are [able to] avoid trouble.
24 arrogant proud to mock name his to make: do in/on/with fury arrogance
Those who make fun of [everything that is good] are proud and conceited [DOU]; they [always] act in an inconsiderate way [toward others].
25 desire sluggish to die him for to refuse hand his to/for to make: do
Lazy people, who refuse to work, [will] die [of hunger] because they [SYN] do not earn [money to buy food].
26 all [the] day to desire desire and righteous to give: give and not to withhold
All during the day [wicked people] desire to obtain things, but righteous [people] have plenty, [with the result that] they [are able to] give things generously to others.
27 sacrifice wicked abomination also for in/on/with wickedness to come (in): bring him
[Yahweh] detests the sacrifices that wicked [people] offer [to him]; [but he] detests it even more when they [think that they will escape being punished for] their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring.
28 witness lie to perish and man to hear: hear to/for perpetuity to speak: speak
Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.
29 be strong man wicked in/on/with face his and upright he/she/it (to understand way: conduct his *Q(K)*)
Wicked people pretend [that they know everything], but righteous people think carefully about [what will happen because of] what they do.
30 nothing wisdom and nothing understanding and nothing counsel to/for before LORD
[Thinking that we are] wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is (acting against/not pleased with) us.
31 horse to establish: prepare to/for day battle and to/for LORD [the] deliverance: victory
We [can] get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to (win victories/defeat our enemies).
