Proverbs 1
1 The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
proverb Solomon son: child David king Israel
2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;
to/for to know wisdom and discipline: instruction to/for to understand word understanding
3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
to/for to take: recieve discipline: instruction be prudent righteousness and justice and uprightness
4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young man—
to/for to give: give to/for simple craftiness to/for youth knowledge and plot
5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;
to hear: hear wise and to add teaching and to understand counsel to buy
6 to understand a proverb and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
to/for to understand proverb and mockery word wise and riddle their
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
fear LORD first: beginning knowledge wisdom and discipline: instruction fool(ish) to despise
8 My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching;
to hear: hear son: child my discipline: instruction father your and not to leave instruction mother your
9 for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
for wreath favor they(masc.) to/for head your and necklace to/for neck your
10 My son, if sinners entice you, don’t consent.
son: child my if to entice you sinner not be willing
11 If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
if to say to go: come [emph?] with us to ambush to/for blood to treasure to/for innocent for nothing
12 Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit. (Sheol h7585)
to swallow up them like/as hell: Sheol alive and unblemished: complete like/as to go down pit (Sheol h7585)
13 We’ll find all valuable wealth. We’ll fill our houses with plunder.
all substance precious to find to fill house: home our spoil
14 You shall cast your lot among us. We’ll all have one purse”—
allotted your to fall: deserting in/on/with midst our purse one to be to/for all our
15 my son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path,
son: child my not to go: walk in/on/with way: journey with them to withhold foot your from path their
16 for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
for foot their to/for bad: evil to run: run and to hasten to/for to pour: kill blood
17 For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;
for for nothing to scatter [the] net in/on/with eye: seeing all master: [master of] wing
18 but these lay in wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.
and they(masc.) to/for blood their to ambush to treasure to/for soul: life their
19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
so way all to cut off: to gain unjust-gain [obj] soul: life master his to take: take
20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
wisdom in/on/with outside to sing in/on/with street/plaza to give: cry out voice her
21 She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
in/on/with head: top to roar to call: call out in/on/with entrance gate in/on/with city word her to say
22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
till how simple to love: lover simplicity and to mock scorning to desire to/for them and fool to hate knowledge
23 Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
to return: repent to/for argument my behold to bubble to/for you spirit my to know word my [obj] you
24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
because to call: call to and to refuse to stretch hand my and nothing to listen
25 but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
and to neglect all counsel my and argument my not be willing
26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,
also I in/on/with calamity your to laugh to mock in/on/with to come (in): come dread your
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come on you.
in/on/with to come (in): come (like/as devastation *Q(K)*) dread your and calamity your like/as whirlwind to come in/on/with to come (in): come upon you distress and anguish
28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
then to call: call to me and not to answer to seek me and not to find me
29 because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.
underneath: because of for to hate knowledge and fear LORD not to choose
30 They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
not be willing to/for counsel my to spurn all argument my
31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
and to eat from fruit way: journey their and from counsel their to satisfy
32 For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
for faithlessness simple to kill them and ease fool to perish them
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”
and to hear: hear to/for me to dwell security and to rest from dread distress: harm
