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 the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.
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 sparowe by flying, and the swallow by flying escape, so the curse that is causeles, shall not come.
3 whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.
4 not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him.
5 to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.
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 foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.
7 to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.
8 like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
As the closing vp of a precious stone in an heape of stones, so is he that giueth glory to a foole.
9 thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.
10 archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
The excellent that formed all things, both rewardeth the foole and rewardeth the transgressers.
11 like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
As a dog turneth againe to his owne vomit, so a foole turneth to his foolishnes.
12 to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.
13 to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes.
14 [the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
As the doore turneth vpon his hinges, so doeth the slouthfull man vpon 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 slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and it grieueth him to put it againe to his mouth.
16 wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.
17 to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
He that passeth by and medleth with the strife that belongeth not vnto him, is as one that taketh a dog by the eares.
18 like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,
19 so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?
20 in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth.
21 coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
As ye cole maketh burning coles, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.
22 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
23 silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.
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, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.
25 for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.
26 to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered 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
He that diggeth a pit shall fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.
28 tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
