Proverbs 24
1 not be jealous in/on/with human distress: evil and not (to desire *Q(k)*) to/for to be with them
Do not be envious of evil men, And do not desire to be with them.
2 for violence to mutter heart their and trouble lips their to speak: speak
For their heart meditates [on] destruction, And their lips speak perverseness.
3 in/on/with wisdom to build house: home and in/on/with understanding to establish: establish
A house is built by wisdom, And it establishes itself by understanding.
4 and in/on/with knowledge chamber to fill all substance precious and pleasant
And the inner parts are filled by knowledge, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.
5 great man wise in/on/with strength and man knowledge to strengthen strength
The wise [is] mighty in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
6 for in/on/with counsel to make to/for you battle and deliverance: victory in/on/with abundance to advise
For you make war for yourself by plans, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
7 to exalt to/for fool(ish) wisdom in/on/with gate not to open lip his
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
8 to devise: devise to/for be evil to/for him master: [master of] plot to call: call to
Whoever is devising to do evil, They call him a master of wicked thoughts.
9 wickedness folly sin and abomination to/for man to mock
The thought of folly [is] sin, And a scorner [is] an abomination to man.
10 to slacken in/on/with day distress narrow strength your
You have showed yourself weak in a day of adversity, Your power is restricted,
11 to rescue to take: take to/for death and to shake to/for slaughter if to withhold
If [from] delivering those taken to death, And you take back those slipping to the slaughter.
12 for to say look! not to know this not to measure heart he/she/it to understand and to watch soul your he/she/it to know and to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
When you say, “Behold, we did not know this.” Is the Ponderer of hearts not He who understands? And the Keeper of your soul He who knows? And He has rendered to man according to his work.
13 to eat son: child my honey for pleasant and honey sweet upon palate your
My son, eat honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb [is] sweet to your palate.
14 so to know [emph?] wisdom to/for soul your if to find and there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to your soul, If you have found that there is a posterity And your hope is not cut off.
15 not to ambush wicked to/for pasture righteous not to ruin rest his
Do not lay wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting place.
16 for seven to fall: fall righteous and to arise: rise and wicked to stumble in/on/with distress: harm
For the righteous fall and rise seven [times], And the wicked stumble in evil.
17 in/on/with to fall: fall (enemy your *Q(K)*) not to rejoice and in/on/with to stumble he not to rejoice heart your
Do not rejoice in the falling of your enemy, And do not let your heart be joyful in his stumbling,
18 lest to see: see LORD and be evil in/on/with eye: appearance his and to return: turn back from upon him face: anger his
Lest YHWH see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He has turned His anger from off him.
19 not to be incensed in/on/with be evil not be jealous in/on/with wicked
Do not fret yourself at evildoers, do not be envious at the wicked,
20 for not to be end to/for bad: evil lamp wicked to put out
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
21 to fear: revere [obj] LORD son: child my and king with to change not to pledge
Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, Do not mix yourself up with changers,
22 for suddenly to arise: rise calamity their and disaster two their who? to know
For their calamity rises suddenly, And the ruin of them both—who knows!
23 also these to/for wise to recognize face: kindness in/on/with justice: judgement not pleasant
These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.
24 to say to/for wicked righteous you(m. s.) to curse him people be indignant him people
Whoever is saying to the wicked, “You [are] righteous,” Peoples execrate him—nations abhor him.
25 and to/for to rebuke be pleasant and upon them to come (in): come blessing good
And it is pleasant to those reproving, And a good blessing comes on them.
26 lips to kiss to return: reply word: speaking straightforward
He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips.
27 to establish: prepare in/on/with outside work your and be ready her in/on/with land: country to/for you after and to build house: home your
Prepare your work in an out-place, And make it ready in the field—go afterward, Then you have built your house.
28 not to be witness for nothing in/on/with neighbor your and to open wide in/on/with lips your
Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, Or you have enticed with your lips.
29 not to say like/as as which to make: do to/for me so to make: do to/for him to return: pay to/for man like/as work his
Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.”
30 upon land: country man sluggish to pass and upon vineyard man lacking heart
I passed by near the field of a slothful man, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
31 and behold to ascend: rise all his thorn to cover face: surface his nettle and wall stone his to overthrow
And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, And its stone wall has been broken down.
32 and to see I to set: consider heart my to see: see to take: recieve discipline: instruction
And I see—I set my heart, I have seen—I have received instruction,
33 little sleep little slumber little folding hand to/for to lie down: sleep
A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.
34 and to come (in): come to go: follow poverty your and need your like/as man shield
And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, And your want as an armed man!
