Proverbs 20
1 Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in 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] a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is 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 a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 A king sitting on a throne of judgment, Is scattering with his eyes all evil,
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them [are] an abomination to Jehovah.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah 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 become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied [with] bread.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.
bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
15 Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *Q(K)*) to pledge him
17 Sweet to a man [is] the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled [with] gravel.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver [with] his lips make not thyself surety.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *Q(K)*) darkness
21 An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
inheritance (to dismay *Q(K)*) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Do not say, 'I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 A snare to a man [is] he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 The breath of man [is] a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.
kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
29 The beauty of young men is their strength, And the honour of old men is grey hairs.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 The bandages of a wound thou removest with the evil, Also the plagues of the inner parts of the heart!
wound wound (cosmetic *Q(K)*) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
