Proverbs 25
1 also these proverb Solomon which to proceed human Hezekiah king Judah
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2 glory God to hide word: thing and glory king to search word: thing
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
3 heaven to/for height and land: country/planet to/for depth and heart king nothing search
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 to remove dross from silver: money and to come out: produce to/for to refine article/utensil
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
5 to remove wicked to/for face king and to establish: establish in/on/with righteousness throne his
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6 not to honor to/for face king and in/on/with place great: large not to stand: stand
Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
7 for pleasant to say to/for you to ascend: rise here/thus from to abase you to/for face noble which to see: see eye your
For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.
8 not to come out: send to/for to contend quickly lest what? to make: do in/on/with end her in/on/with be humiliated [obj] you neighbor your
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbour has put you to shame.
9 strife your to contend with neighbor your and counsel another not to reveal: reveal
Debate your cause with your neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
10 lest to shame you to hear: hear and slander your not to return: return
Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and your ill repute turn not away.
11 apple gold in/on/with figure silver: money word to speak: speak upon (right) time his
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12 ring gold and ornament gold to rebuke wise upon ear to hear: hear
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13 like/as coolness snow in/on/with day harvest envoy be faithful to/for to send: depart him and soul lord his to return: rescue
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
14 mist and spirit: breath and rain nothing man to boast: boast in/on/with gift deception
Whoso boasts himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
15 in/on/with length face: anger to entice chief and tongue tender to break bone
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
16 honey to find to eat sufficiency your lest to satisfy him and to vomit him
Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17 be precious foot your from house: home neighbor your lest to satisfy you and to hate you
Withdraw your foot from your neighbour's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.
18 war-club and sword and arrow to sharpen man to answer in/on/with neighbor his witness deception
A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19 tooth to shatter and foot to slip confidence to act treacherously in/on/with day distress
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20 to advance garment in/on/with day cold vinegar upon lye and to sing in/on/with song upon heart bad: harmful
As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon alkali, so is he that sings songs to an heavy heart.
21 if hungry to hate you to eat him food: bread and if thirsty to water: drink him water
If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22 for coal you(m. s.) to snatch up upon head his and LORD to complete to/for you
For you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward you.
23 spirit: breath north to twist: give birth rain and face be indignant tongue secrecy
The north wind drives away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
24 pleasant to dwell upon corner roof from woman: wife (contention *Q(K)*) and house: home fellow
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25 water cool upon soul faint and tidings pleasant from land: country/planet distance
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
26 spring to foul and fountain to ruin righteous to shake to/for face: before wicked
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27 to eat honey to multiply not pleasant and search glory their glory
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
28 city to break through nothing wall man which nothing restraint to/for spirit: temper his
He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
