Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.
like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
2 As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.
like/as bird to/for to wander like/as swallow to/for to fly so curse for nothing (to/for him *Q(K)*) to come (in): come
3 A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him — even thou.
not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.
to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
6 He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
7 Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
8 As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool.
like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
9 A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
10 Great [is] the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.
archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
11 As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.
like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
13 The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.'
to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
14 The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
[the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
15 The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
16 Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.
wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
17 Laying hold on the ears of a dog, [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
18 As [one] pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
19 So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, 'Am not I playing?'
so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
20 Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
21 Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *Q(K)*) to/for to scorch strife
22 The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
23 Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.
silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
24 By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
(in/on/with lips his *Q(K)*) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
25 When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations [are] in his heart.
for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
26 Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.
to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
27 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
28 A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
