Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
not to boast: boast in/on/with day tomorrow for not to know what? to beget day
2 Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, A stranger, and not thine own lips.
to boast: praise you be a stranger and not lip your foreign and not lips your
3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand [is] heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
heaviness stone and weight [the] sand and vexation fool(ish) heavy from two their
4 Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
cruel rage and flood face: anger and who? to stand: stand to/for face: before jealousy
5 Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.
pleasant argument to reveal: uncover from love to hide
6 Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.
be faithful wound to love: friend and be abundant kiss to hate
7 A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.
soul: person sated to trample honey and soul: person hungry all bitter sweet
8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.
like/as bird to wander from nest her so man to wander from place his
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, And the sweetness of one's friend — from counsel of the soul.
oil and incense to rejoice heart and sweetness neighbor his from counsel soul: myself
10 Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better [is] a near neighbour than a brother afar off.
neighbor your (and neighbor *Q(K)*) father your not to leave: forsake and house: home brother: male-sibling your not to come (in): come in/on/with day calamity your pleasant neighboring near from brother: male-sibling distant
11 Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.
be wise son: child my and to rejoice heart my and to return: reply to taunt me word
12 The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
prudent to see: see distress: harm to hide simple to pass to fine
13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for foreign to pledge him
14 Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.
to bless neighbor his in/on/with voice great: large in/on/with morning to rise curse to devise: count to/for him
15 A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,
dripping to pursue in/on/with day rain and woman: wife (contention *Q(K)*) be like
16 Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.
to treasure her to treasure spirit: breath and oil right his to encounter: toward
17 Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.
iron in/on/with iron to sharpen and man: anyone to sharpen face neighbor his
18 The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.
to watch fig to eat fruit her and to keep: guard lord his to honor: honour
19 As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.
like/as water [the] face to/for face so heart [the] man to/for man
hell: Sheol (and destruction his *Q(K)*) not to satisfy and eye [the] man not to satisfy (Sheol h7585)
21 A refining pot [is] for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
crucible to/for silver: money and furnace to/for gold and man to/for lip praise his
22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things — with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
if to pound [obj] [the] fool(ish) in/on/with hollow in/on/with midst [the] grain in/on/with pestle not to turn aside: depart from upon him folly his
23 Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,
to know to know face flock your to set: put heart your to/for flock
24 For riches [are] not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.
for not to/for forever: enduring wealth and if: surely yes consecration: crown to/for generation (and generation *Q(K)*)
25 Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.
to reveal: remove grass and to see: see grass and to gather vegetation mountain: mount
26 Lambs [are] for thy clothing, And the price of the field [are] he-goats,
lamb to/for clothing your and price land: country goat
27 And a sufficiency of goats' milk [is] for thy bread, For bread to thy house, and life to thy damsels!
and sufficiency milk goat to/for food your to/for food house: household your and life to/for maiden your
