Proverbs 3
1 son: child my instruction my not to forget and commandment my to watch heart your
My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
2 for length day and year life and peace to add to/for you
for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.
3 kindness and truth: faithful not to leave: forsake you to conspire them upon neck your to write them upon tablet heart your
Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 and to find favor and understanding pleasant in/on/with eye: seeing God and man
So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 to trust to(wards) LORD in/on/with all heart your and to(wards) understanding your not to lean
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
6 in/on/with all way: conduct your to know him and he/she/it to smooth way your
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7 not to be wise in/on/with eye your to fear: revere [obj] LORD and to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8 healing to be to/for umbilical cord your and drink to/for bone your
It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.
9 to honor: honour [obj] LORD from substance your and from first: beginning all produce your
Honor the LORD with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase;
10 and to fill storehouse your abundance and new wine wine your to break through
so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
11 discipline LORD son: child my not to reject and not to loathe in/on/with argument his
My son, don’t despise the LORD’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;
12 for [obj] which to love: lover LORD to rebuke and like/as father [obj] son: child to accept
for whom the LORD loves, he corrects, even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
13 blessed man to find wisdom and man to promote understanding
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.
14 for pleasant profit her from profit silver: money and from gold produce her
For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
15 precious he/she/it (from jewel *Q(k)*) and all pleasure your not be like in/on/with her
She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
16 length day in/on/with right her in/on/with left her riches and glory
Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 way: conduct her way: conduct pleasantness and all path her peace
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
18 tree life he/she/it to/for to strengthen: hold in/on/with her and to grasp her to bless
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
19 LORD in/on/with wisdom to found land: country/planet to establish: establish heaven in/on/with understanding
By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
20 in/on/with knowledge his abyss to break up/open and cloud to drip dew
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
21 son: child my not be devious from eye: seeing your to watch wisdom and plot
My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion,
22 and to be life to/for soul your and favor to/for neck your
so they will be life to your soul, and grace for your neck.
23 then to go: walk to/for security way: conduct your and foot your not to strike
Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won’t stumble.
24 if to lie down: lay down not to dread and to lie down: lay down and to please sleep your
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
25 not to fear from dread suddenly and from devastation wicked for to come (in): come
Don’t be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes;
26 for LORD to be in/on/with loin your and to keep: guard foot your from capture
for the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.
27 not to withhold good from master: men his in/on/with to be to/for god: power (hand: power your *Q(K)*) to/for to make: do
Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 not to say (to/for neighbor your *Q(K)*) to go: went and to return: again and tomorrow to give: give and there with you
Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
29 not to plow/plot upon neighbor your distress: evil and he/she/it to dwell to/for security with you
Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you.
30 not (to contend *Q(k)*) with man for nothing if not to wean you distress: harm
Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
31 not be jealous in/on/with man violence and not to choose in/on/with all way: conduct his
Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
32 for abomination LORD be devious and with upright counsel his
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
33 curse LORD in/on/with house: home wicked and pasture righteous to bless
The LORD’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
34 if: surely yes to/for to mock he/she/it to mock (and to/for poor *Q(K)*) to give: give favor
Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
35 glory wise to inherit and fool to exalt dishonor
The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
