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 is in summer, and as rain in harvest: so is honor not seemly to 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 bird [cometh] to flit away, as the swallow, to fly off: so will an undeserved curse not come [to fulfillment].
3 whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
4 not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest thou also become equal 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 choppeth off the feet, and drinketh vexation, that sendeth important messages by the hand of a fool.
7 to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
Too feebly hang down the thighs on a lame man: 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 is the one that bindeth a stone fast in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.
9 thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
[As] a thorn that is come 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 injureth all things when he hireth a fool or hireth mere rovers.
11 like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so doth a fool repeat to act in his folly.
12 to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
When thou seest a man wise in his own eyes, then is there more hope for a fool than for him.
13 to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
The slothful saith, There is a leopard in the way: a lion is between the streets.
14 [the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
As a door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful 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
Hath the slothful hidden his hand in the dish, it wearieth him to bring it back again to his mouth.
16 wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
The slothful is wiser in his own eyes, than seven men that can give wise answers.
17 to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
As is one that taketh hold of a dog by the ears, so is he that passing by becometh excited about a dispute which concerneth him not.
18 like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
As one fatigueth himself shooting off firebrands, arrows, and death:
19 so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
So is the man that hath cheated his neighbor, and saith, Behold, I am only jesting.
20 in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out: so where there is no whisperer, strife is silenced.
21 coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
As charcoals are added to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man fitted to enkindle a dispute.
22 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost chambers of the body.
23 silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
Like silver dross laid over an earthen vessel, so are burning lips with a bad heart.
24 (in/on/with lips his *Q(K)*) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit:
25 for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
Though he make his voice sound ever so graciously, 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
If one's hatred be covered by deception, then shall be laid bare his wickedness before a [whole] assembly.
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 will fall therein; and upon him that rolleth a stone, will it return.
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 prepareth [others'] downfall.
