Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever is led astray by drink is not wise.
to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
2 The fear of a king is like the fear of a young lion that is roaring; the one who makes him angry forfeits his life.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 It is an honor for anyone to avoid conflict, but every fool jumps into an argument.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 The lazy person does not plow in autumn; he seeks a crop at harvest time but will have nothing.
from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
5 The purpose in a human heart is like deep water, but someone with understanding will draw it out.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 Many a person proclaims he is loyal, but who can find one who is faithful?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 The righteous person walks in his integrity, and his sons who follow after him will be blessed.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 A king who sits on the throne performing the duties of a judge is winnowing with his eyes all the evil that is before him.
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 Differing weights and unequal measures— Yahweh hates them both.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 Even a youth is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— Yahweh made them both.
ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
13 Do not love sleep or you will come to poverty; open your eyes and you will have plenty to eat.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 “Bad! Bad!” says the buyer, but when he goes away he boasts.
bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
15 There is gold and an abundance of costly stones, but lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
17 Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 Plans are established by advice and only with wise guidance should you wage war.
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 A gossip reveals secrets and so you should not associate with people who talk too much.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 If a person curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in the middle of darkness.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
21 An inheritance gained quickly at the beginning will do less good in the end.
inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Do not say, “I will pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for Yahweh and he will rescue you.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 Yahweh hates unequal weights and dishonest scales are not good.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 A person's steps are directed by Yahweh; how then can he understand his way?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 It is a snare for a person to say rashly, “This thing is holy,” and begin to think about what it means only after making his vow.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 A wise king winnows the wicked and he turns a threshing wheel over them.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 The spirit of a person is the lamp of Yahweh, searching all his inmost parts.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness preserve the king; his throne is made secure by love.
kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
29 The glory of young men is their strength and the splendor of old people is their gray hair.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 Blows that make a wound cleanse away evil and beatings make the innermost parts clean.
wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
