Proverbs 29
1 man argument to harden neck suddenness to break and nothing healing
Some people remain stubborn [IDM] [even] though they are often reproved/warned [about doing what is wrong], [but some day] they will be crushed/ruined, and nothing will be able to heal them.
2 in/on/with to multiply righteous to rejoice [the] people and in/on/with to rule wicked to sigh people
When righteous [people] are rulers, people are happy, but when wicked [people] rule, people (groan/are miserable).
3 man to love: lover wisdom to rejoice father his and to accompany to fornicate to perish substance
Those who are eager to become wise cause their parents to be glad; those who spend their time with prostitutes will end up giving all their money to them.
4 king in/on/with justice to stand: rise land: country/planet and man contribution to overthrow her
When a king rules justly/fairly, he causes his nation to be strong, but a king who is concerned [only] with getting more money from the people ruins his nation.
5 great man to smooth upon neighbor his net to spread upon beat his
Those who (flatter others/say nice things to others [merely] to cause them to feel good) are really setting a trap for them (OR, for themselves) [SYN].
6 in/on/with transgression man bad: evil snare and righteous to overcome and to rejoice
Evil people will be trapped by the sins that they commit, but righteous/honest people will sing and be joyful/happy.
7 to know righteous judgment poor wicked not to understand knowledge
Righteous/Good people know that poor [people] should be treated fairly/justly, [but] wicked people (are not concerned about/do not pay attention to) those matters at all.
8 human scorning to breathe town and wise to return: turn back face: anger
Those who make fun of [everything that is good say things that] cause [everyone in] the city to (be agitated/in turmoil); those who are wise enable [people] to remain calm.
9 man wise to judge with man fool(ish) and to tremble and to laugh and nothing quietness
If a wise person sues a foolish person, the foolish person merely laughs [at him] and yells [at him] and will not be quiet (OR, [the dispute will] not be resolved).
10 human blood to hate complete and upright to seek soul: life his
Those who murder others hate people who (are honest/always do what is right), but righteous [people] try to protect them.
11 all spirit: temper his to come out: speak fool and wise in/on/with back to soothe her
People who are wise are patient and restrain/control themselves when they are angry, but foolish people (quickly show others that they are very angry/do not restrain themselves at all).
12 to rule to listen upon word: because deception all to minister him wicked
If a ruler (pays attention to/believes) [people who tell] lies, all his officials will [also] become wicked.
13 be poor and man oppression to meet to light eye two their LORD
There is one thing that is true about both poor people and those who oppress them: Yahweh enables all of them to see.
14 king to judge in/on/with truth: faithful poor throne his to/for perpetuity to establish: establish
If kings judge poor [people] fairly, they will continue to rule for a long time.
15 tribe: staff and argument to give: give wisdom and youth to send: let go be ashamed mother his
If children are punished/spanked and reproved/warned, they become wise; but if they are allowed to do whatever they want to do, they [do things that] cause their mothers to be ashamed of them.
16 in/on/with to multiply wicked to multiply transgression and righteous in/on/with carcass their to see: see
When wicked [people] rule, there are more crimes committed {people commit more crimes}, but [some day] those wicked people will (be defeated/no longer rule), and righteous [people] will see that happen.
17 to discipline son: child your and to rest you and to give: give delicacy to/for soul your
If you discipline your children, they will no longer [do things that] will cause you to be worried; instead, they [will do things that] will delight you [SYN].
18 in/on/with nothing vision to neglect people and to keep: obey instruction blessed he
When the people [of a nation] do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. [God] is pleased with those who obey his laws.
19 in/on/with word not to discipline servant/slave for to understand and nothing to answer
It is not possible to correct/discipline servants only by talking to them; they understand what you are saying, but they do not pay attention to it.
20 to see man: anyone to hasten in/on/with word his hope to/for fool from him
[God] can help/bless foolish people more easily [RHQ] than he can help/bless people who speak without thinking first.
21 to pamper from youth servant/slave his and end his to be progeny
If someone gives his servants everything that they want, starting from when they are young, some day those servants will take from him everything that he owns.
22 man face: anger to stir up strife and master: men rage many transgression
Those who [quickly] become angry cause [many] arguments, and they [also] commit many sins.
23 pride man to abase him and low spirit to grasp glory
Proud people will be disgraced; those who are humble will be respected.
24 to divide with thief to hate soul: life his oath to hear: hear and not to tell
Those who help thieves [to steal] only hurt themselves; [when they are in court], they solemnly ask [God] to curse them [if they do not tell the truth], but they do not tell the truth [about the crime that was committed], [and as a result, God will curse them].
25 trembling man to give: put snare and to trust in/on/with LORD to exalt
It is [like] a dangerous trap [MET] [for people] to be (afraid of/worried about) what others will think about them, but those who trust in Yahweh are safe/protected.
26 many to seek face to rule and from LORD justice man
Many [people] request rulers to do things to help them, but Yahweh is [the only one] who surely does for people what is fair/just.
27 abomination righteous man injustice and abomination wicked upright way: conduct
Righteous [people] hate/detest those who do what is evil, and wicked [people] hate [those whose behavior is always] good.
