Proverbs 25
1 also these proverb Solomon which to proceed human Hezekiah king Judah
Also these are 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 honour of God [is] to hide a thing, And the honour of kings 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 for the refiner goeth forth,
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 established in righteousness is his throne.
6 not to honor to/for face king and in/on/with place great: large not to stand: stand
Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.
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 hath said to thee, 'Come thou up hither,' Than [that] he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine 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 to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?
9 strife your to contend with neighbor your and counsel another not to reveal: reveal
Thy cause plead with thy neighbour, And the secret counsel of another reveal not,
10 lest to shame you to hear: hear and slander your not to return: return
Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not 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 the soul of his masters he refresheth.
14 mist and spirit: breath and rain nothing man to boast: boast in/on/with gift deception
Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, [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
By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.
16 honey to find to eat sufficiency your lest to satisfy him and to vomit him
Honey thou hast found — eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated [with] it, and hast vomited it.
17 be precious foot your from house: home neighbor your lest to satisfy you and to hate you
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated [with] thee, and have hated thee.
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 against his neighbour a false testimony.
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
Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, [Is as] vinegar on nitre, 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 thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, 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 coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.
23 spirit: breath north to twist: give birth rain and face be indignant tongue secrecy
A north wind bringeth 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 honour — honour.
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!
