Proverbs 26
1 like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.
2 like/as bird to/for to wander like/as swallow to/for to fly so curse for nothing (to/for him *Q(K)*) to come (in): come
As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
3 whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.
7 to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
8 like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9 thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.
11 like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.
12 to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
13 to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
14 [the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
15 to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.
17 to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
18 like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?
20 in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
21 coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
22 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
24 (in/on/with lips his *Q(K)*) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
25 for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
Though [his] hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation.
27 to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
28 tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
