Proverbs 25
1 also these proverb Solomon which to proceed human Hezekiah king Judah
These are also proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed:
2 glory God to hide word: thing and glory king to search word: thing
The glory of God [is] to hide a thing, And the glory 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 heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings—[are] unsearchable.
4 to remove dross from silver: money and to come out: produce to/for to refine article/utensil
Take away dross from silver, And a vessel goes forth for the refiner,
5 to remove wicked to/for face king and to establish: establish in/on/with righteousness throne his
Take away the wicked before a king, And his throne is established in righteousness.
6 not to honor to/for face king and in/on/with place great: large not to stand: stand
Do not honor yourself before a king, And do not stand in the place of the great.
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 [that] he has said to you, “Come up here,” Than [that] he humbles you before a noble, 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
Do not go forth to strive, hurry, turn, What do you do in its latter end, When your neighbor causes you to blush?
9 strife your to contend with neighbor your and counsel another not to reveal: reveal
Plead your cause with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret counsel of another,
10 lest to shame you to hear: hear and slander your not to return: return
Lest the hearer put you to shame, And your evil report not turn back.
11 apple gold in/on/with figure silver: money word to speak: speak upon (right) time his
Apples of gold in imagery of silver, [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.
12 ring gold and ornament gold to rebuke wise upon ear to hear: hear
A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, [Is] the wise reprover to an attentive 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 a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And he refreshes the soul of his masters.
14 mist and spirit: breath and rain nothing man to boast: boast in/on/with gift deception
Clouds and wind without rain, [Is] a man boasting himself in a false gift.
15 in/on/with length face: anger to entice chief and tongue tender to break bone
A ruler is persuaded by long-suffering, And a soft tongue breaks a bone.
16 honey to find to eat sufficiency your lest to satisfy him and to vomit him
You have found honey—eat your sufficiency, Lest you are satiated [with] it, and have vomited it.
17 be precious foot your from house: home neighbor your lest to satisfy you and to hate you
Withdraw your foot from your neighbor’s house, Lest he is satiated [with] you, and has hated you.
18 war-club and sword and arrow to sharpen man to answer in/on/with neighbor his witness deception
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying a false testimony against his neighbor.
19 tooth to shatter and foot to slip confidence to act treacherously in/on/with day distress
A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, [Is] the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.
20 to advance garment in/on/with day cold vinegar upon lye and to sing in/on/with song upon heart bad: harmful
Whoever is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on natron, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.
21 if hungry to hate you to eat him food: bread and if thirsty to water: drink him water
If he who is hating you hungers, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirsts, cause him to drink water.
22 for coal you(m. s.) to snatch up upon head his and LORD to complete to/for you
For you are putting coals on his head, And YHWH gives repayment to you.
23 spirit: breath north to twist: give birth rain and face be indignant tongue secrecy
A north wind brings forth rain, And a secret tongue—indignant faces.
24 pleasant to dwell upon corner roof from woman: wife (contention *Q(K)*) and house: home fellow
Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
25 water cool upon soul faint and tidings pleasant from land: country/planet distance
[As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.
26 spring to foul and fountain to ruin righteous to shake to/for face: before wicked
A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, [Is] the righteous falling before the wicked.
27 to eat honey to multiply not pleasant and search glory their glory
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one’s own honor—honor.
28 city to break through nothing wall man which nothing restraint to/for spirit: temper his
A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!
