< Proverbs 20 >

1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whoever is deceived by it 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] as the roaring of a lion: [whoever] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 [It is] an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *Q(K)*) in/on/with harvest and nothing
5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [is] pure, and whether [it is] right.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.
bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 He that goeth about [as] a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.
inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 Divers weights [are] an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
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 beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen

< Proverbs 20 >