< Proverbs 28 >
1 to flee and nothing to pursue wicked and righteous like/as lion to trust
A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
2 in/on/with transgression land: country/planet many ruler her and in/on/with man to understand to know right to prolong
For the transgression of a land many are the rulers of it. But by men of understanding and knowledge the state shall be prolonged.
3 great man be poor and to oppress poor rain to prostatrate and nothing food
A needy man who oppresses the poor is a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
4 to leave: forsake instruction to boast: praise wicked and to keep: obey instruction to stir up in/on/with them
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.
5 human bad: evil not to understand justice and to seek LORD to understand all
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek Jehovah understand all things.
6 pleasant be poor to go: walk in/on/with integrity his from twisted way: conduct and he/she/it rich
Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7 to watch instruction son: child to understand and to accompany be vile be humiliated father his
He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.
8 to multiply substance his in/on/with interest (and increment *Q(K)*) to/for be gracious poor to gather him
He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.
9 to turn aside: depart ear his from to hear: hear instruction also prayer his abomination
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
10 to wander upright in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil in/on/with pit his he/she/it to fall: fall and unblemished: blameless to inherit good
He who causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit. But the perfect shall inherit good.
11 wise in/on/with eye his man rich and poor to understand to search him
The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but a poor man who has understanding searches him out.
12 in/on/with to rejoice righteous many beauty and in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to search man
When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
13 to cover transgression his not to prosper and to give thanks and to leave: forsake to have compassion
He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
14 blessed man to dread continually and to harden heart his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
Happy is the man who fears always, but he who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
15 lion to groan and bear to rush to rule wicked upon people poor
A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 leader lacking understanding and many oppression (to hate *Q(K)*) unjust-gain to prolong day
The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
17 man to oppress in/on/with blood soul: person till pit to flee not to grasp in/on/with him
A man who is laden with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. Let no man stay him.
18 to go: walk unblemished: blameless to save and to twist way: conduct to fall: fall in/on/with one
He who walks uprightly shall be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
19 to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless to satisfy poverty
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.
20 man faithfulness many blessing and to hasten to/for to enrich not to clear
A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
21 to recognize face: kindness not pleasant and upon morsel food: bread to transgress great man
To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
22 to dismay to/for substance man bad: evil eye: appearance and not to know for poverty to come (in): come him
He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.
23 to rebuke man backwards me favor to find from to smooth tongue
He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
24 to plunder father his and mother his and to say nothing transgression companion he/she/it to/for man to ruin
He who robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.
25 broad: arrogant soul: person to stir up strife and to trust upon LORD to prosper
He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in Jehovah shall be made fat.
26 to trust in/on/with heart his he/she/it fool and to go: walk in/on/with wisdom he/she/it to escape
He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
27 to give: give to/for be poor nothing need and to conceal eye his many curse
He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
28 in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to hide man and in/on/with to perish they to multiply righteous
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.