Proverbs 16
1 It perteyneth to man to make redi the soule; and it perteyneth to the Lord to gouerne the tunge.
to/for man plan heart and from LORD answer tongue
2 Alle the weies of men ben opyn to the iyen of God; the Lord is a weiere of spiritis.
all way: conduct man pure in/on/with eye his and to measure spirit LORD
3 Schewe thi werkys to the Lord; and thi thouytis schulen be dressid.
to roll to(wards) LORD deed: work your and to establish: establish plot your
4 The Lord wrouyte alle thingis for hym silf; and he made redi a wickid man to the yuel dai.
all to work LORD to/for answer his and also wicked to/for day distress: harm
5 Abhomynacioun of the Lord is ech proude man; yhe, thouy the hond is to the hond, he schal not be innocent. The bigynnyng of good weie is to do riytwisnesse; forsothe it is more acceptable at God, than to offre sacrifices.
abomination LORD all high heart hand: certainly to/for hand: certainly not to clear
6 Wickidnesse is ayen bouyt bi merci and treuthe; and me bowith awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord.
in/on/with kindness and truth: faithful to atone iniquity: crime and in/on/with fear LORD to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
7 Whanne the weyes of man plesen the Lord, he schal conuerte, yhe, hise enemyes to pees.
in/on/with to accept LORD way: conduct man also enemy his to ally with him
8 Betere is a litil with riytfulnesse, than many fruytis with wickidnesse.
pleasant little in/on/with righteousness from abundance produce in/on/with not justice
9 The herte of a man schal dispose his weie; but it perteyneth to the Lord to dresse hise steppis.
heart man to devise: devise way: journey his and LORD to establish: establish step his
10 Dyuynyng is in the lippis of a king; his mouth schal not erre in doom.
divination upon lips king in/on/with justice: judgement not be unfaithful lip his
11 The domes of the Lord ben weiyte and a balaunce; and hise werkis ben alle the stoonys of the world.
balance and balance justice to/for LORD deed his all stone: weight purse
12 Thei that don wickidli ben abhomynable to the king; for the trone of the rewme is maad stidfast bi riytfulnesse.
abomination king to make: do wickedness for in/on/with righteousness to establish: establish throne
13 The wille of kyngis is iust lippis; he that spekith riytful thingis, schal be dressid.
acceptance king lips righteousness and to speak: speak upright to love: lover
14 Indignacioun of the kyng is messangeris of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him.
rage king messenger death and man wise to atone her
15 Lijf is in the gladnesse of the `cheer of the king; and his merci is as a reyn comynge late.
in/on/with light face king life and acceptance his like/as cloud spring rain
16 Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere than siluer.
to buy wisdom what? pleasant from gold and to buy understanding to choose from silver: money
17 The path of iust men bowith awei yuelis; the kepere of his soule kepith his weie.
highway upright to turn aside: depart from bad: evil to keep: guard soul: life his to watch way: conduct his
18 Pride goith bifore sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng.
to/for face: before breaking pride and to/for face: before stumbling height spirit
19 It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to departe spuylis with proude men.
pleasant to abase spirit with (poor *Q(K)*) from to divide spoil with proud
20 A lerned man in word schal fynde goodis; and he that hopith in the Lord is blessid.
be prudent upon word to find good and to trust in/on/with LORD blessed he
21 He that is wijs in herte, schal be clepid prudent; and he that is swete in speche, schal fynde grettere thingis.
to/for wise heart to call: call to to understand and sweetness lip: words to add teaching
22 The welle of lijf is the lernyng of him that weldith; the techyng of foolis is foli.
fountain life understanding master: owning his and discipline fool(ish) folly
23 The herte of a wijs man schal teche his mouth; and schal encreesse grace to hise lippis.
heart wise be prudent lip: word his and upon lips his to add teaching
24 Wordis wel set togidere is a coomb of hony; helthe of boonys is the swetnesse of soule.
honeycomb honey word pleasantness sweet to/for soul and healing to/for bone: body
25 A weye is that semeth riytful to a man; and the laste thingis therof leden to deth.
there way: conduct upright to/for face of man and end her way: conduct death
26 The soule of a man trauelinge trauelith to hym silf; for his mouth compellide hym.
soul: appetite labour(er) to toil to/for him for to crave upon him lip his
27 An vnwijs man diggith yuel; and fier brenneth in hise lippis.
man Belial: worthless to pierce distress: evil and upon (lip: words his *Q(K)*) like/as fire burning
28 A weiward man reisith stryues; and a man ful of wordis departith princis.
man perversity to send: depart strife and to grumble to separate tame
29 A wickid man flaterith his frend; and ledith hym bi a weie not good.
man violence to entice neighbor his and to go: take him in/on/with way: conduct not pleasant
30 He that thenkith schrewid thingis with iyen astonyed, bitith hise lippis, and parformeth yuel.
to shut eye his to/for to devise: devise perversity to wink lips his to end: decides distress: evil
31 A coroun of dignyte is eelde, that schal be foundun in the weies of riytfulnesse.
crown beauty greyheaded in/on/with way: conduct righteousness to find
32 A pacient man is betere than a stronge man; and he that `is lord of his soule, is betere than an ouercomere of citees.
pleasant slow face: anger from mighty man and to rule in/on/with spirit his from to capture city
33 Lottis ben sent into the bosum; but tho ben temperid of the Lord.
in/on/with bosom: lap to cast [obj] [the] allotted and from LORD all justice: judgement his
