< Proverbs 28 >
1 to flee and nothing to pursue wicked and righteous like/as lion to trust
The wicked people run away when no one chases them, but righteous people are as bold as a young lion.
2 in/on/with transgression land: country/planet many ruler her and in/on/with man to understand to know right to prolong
Because of the transgression of a land, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, it will last a long time.
3 great man be poor and to oppress poor rain to prostatrate and nothing food
A poor person who oppresses other poor people is like a beating rain that 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 wicked people, but those who keep the law fight against 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 Yahweh understand everything.
6 pleasant be poor to go: walk in/on/with integrity his from twisted way: conduct and he/she/it rich
It is better for a poor person who walks in his integrity, than for a rich person who is crooked in his ways.
7 to watch instruction son: child to understand and to accompany be vile be humiliated father his
He who keeps the law is a son who has understanding, but one 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
The one who makes his fortune by charging too much interest gathers his wealth for another who will have pity on poor people.
9 to turn aside: depart ear his from to hear: hear instruction also prayer his abomination
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
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
Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will have a good inheritance.
11 wise in/on/with eye his man rich and poor to understand to search him
The rich person may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor person who has understanding will find 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 arise, people are sought out.
13 to cover transgression his not to prosper and to give thanks and to leave: forsake to have compassion
The one who hides his sins will not prosper, but the one who confesses them and forsakes them will be shown mercy.
14 blessed man to dread continually and to harden heart his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
The one who always lives with reverence is blessed, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.
15 lion to groan and bear to rush to rule wicked upon people poor
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over poor people.
16 leader lacking understanding and many oppression (to hate *Q(K)*) unjust-gain to prolong day
The ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but the one who hates dishonesty will prolong his days.
17 man to oppress in/on/with blood soul: person till pit to flee not to grasp in/on/with him
If a man is guilty because he has shed someone's blood, he will be a fugitive until death and no one will help him.
18 to go: walk unblemished: blameless to save and to twist way: conduct to fall: fall in/on/with one
Whoever walks with integrity will be kept safe, but the one whose way is crooked will suddenly fall.
19 to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless to satisfy poverty
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
20 man faithfulness many blessing and to hasten to/for to enrich not to clear
A faithful man will have great blessings, but the one who gets rich quickly will not go unpunished.
21 to recognize face: kindness not pleasant and upon morsel food: bread to transgress great man
It is not good to show partiality, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 to dismay to/for substance man bad: evil eye: appearance and not to know for poverty to come (in): come him
A stingy man hurries after riches, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
23 to rebuke man backwards me favor to find from to smooth tongue
Whoever disciplines someone, afterward will find more favor from him than from the one who flatters him with his tongue.
24 to plunder father his and mother his and to say nothing transgression companion he/she/it to/for man to ruin
Whoever robs his father and his mother and says, “That is no sin,” he is the companion of the one who destroys.
25 broad: arrogant soul: person to stir up strife and to trust upon LORD to prosper
A greedy man stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.
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
One who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks in wisdom will keep away from danger.
27 to give: give to/for be poor nothing need and to conceal eye his many curse
The one who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but whoever closes his eyes to them will receive many curses.
28 in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to hide man and in/on/with to perish they to multiply righteous
When the wicked arise, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.