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 is not seemly for 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 wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.
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 hang limp from the lame; so is a parable 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 small stone in a heap of stones, 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 that cometh into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
A master performeth all things; but he that stoppeth a fool is as one that stoppeth a flood.
11 like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is a fool that repeateth his folly.
12 to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
Seest thou 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 lion in the way; yea, a lion is in the streets.'
14 [the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still 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 back to his mouth.
16 wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that give wise answer.
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 meddleth with strife not his own, 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 the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith: '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
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, 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 are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
23 silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like 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 he speaketh fair, 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 be concealed with deceit, his wickedness shall be revealed before 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 crushed by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
