1Wineהַ֭יַּיןHai.yainH3196isascorner,strongשֵׁכָ֑רshe.KharH7941drinkH7941israging;andwhoso erreth therebyisnotwiseיֶחְכָּֽם׃yech.KamH2449. 2Theterrorאֵ֣ימַת'Ei.matH367ofakingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428isastheroaringנַ֣הַםNa.hamH5099ofalionכַּ֭כְּפִירKa.ke.firH3715:hethatprovokethhimtoangersinnethagainsthisownH5315soulH5315. 3ItisanhonourforamanH376toceasefromstrifeמֵרִ֑יבme.RivH7379;buteveryfoolאֱ֝וִ֗יל'e.VilH191rushethintoit. 4Thesluggardעָצֵ֣ל'a.TzelH6102willnotploughbyreasonofthewinterמֵ֭חֹרֶףMe.cho.refH2779;heshallbeginharvestבַּקָּצִ֣ירba.ka.TzirH7105,andhavenothing. 7Therighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662walkethinhisintegrityבְּתֻמּ֣וֹbe.tu.MoH8537:blessedarehischildrenafterhim! 8Akingמֶ֗לֶךְMe.lekhH4428sittingיוֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427onthethroneכִּסֵּא־ki.se'-H3678ofjudgmentדִ֑יןDinH1779scatterethawayallevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451withhiseyesבְעֵינָ֣יוve.'ei.NavH5869. 9Whocansayיֹ֭אמַרYo.marH559,Ihave mademyheartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820cleanH2891,Iampureזִכִּ֣יתִיzi.Ki.tiH2135frommysinמֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃me.cha.ta.TiH2403? 10DiversweightsH68, diversmeasuresH374,evenbothofthemareabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.VatH8441toJehovah. 11Evenachildisknownbyhisdoings,whetherhisworkH6467bepureזַ֖ךְzakhH2134,andwhetheritberightH3477. 12Thehearingearאֹ֣זֶן'O.zenH241,andtheseeingרֹאָ֑הro.'AhH7200eyeוְעַ֣יִןve.'A.yinH5869,JehovahhathmadeH6213evenbothofthem. 13Loveתֶּֽאֱהַ֣בte.'e.HavH157notsleepשֵׁ֭נָהShe.nahH8142,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thoucometopoverty;openפְּקַ֖חpe.KachH6491thineeyesעֵינֶ֣יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869, [and] thou shaltbesatisfiedH7646withbreadH3899. 14Badרַ֣עra'H7451!badרַ֭עra'H7451! saiththebuyerהַקּוֹנֶ֑הha.ko.NehH7069;butwhenheisgonehisway,thenאָ֣ז'azH227heboasteth. 15Thereisgoldזָ֭הָבza.hoH2091,andamultitudeH7230ofrubies;butthelipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193ofknowledgeדָֽעַת׃Da.'atH1847areapreciousH3366Jewel. 16Takeלְֽקַח־le.kach-H3947hisgarmentבִּ֭גְדוֹbig.doH899thatisbecomesuretyעָ֣רַב'A.ravH6148[for]another,andholdhiminpledgeforstrangersזָ֑רZarH2114. 17BreadH3899offalsehoodשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267issweetעָרֵ֣ב'a.RevH6156toamanH376,butafterwardshismouthפִ֥יהוּFi.huH6310shallbefilledיִמָּֽלֵא־yi.ma.le'-H4390withgravelחָצָֽץ׃cha.TzatzH2687. 18Plansמַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתMa.cha.sha.VotH4284areestablishedתִכּ֑וֹןti.KonH3559bycounselבְּעֵצָ֣הbe.'e.TzahH6098;andwithgoodadviceH6098makeעֲשֵׂ֣ה'a.SehH6213warמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421. 19Hethatgoethabouttalebearing revealethsecretsסּ֭וֹדSodH5475; therefore meddlenotwithhimthatopenethhislipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.TavH8193. 20Whoso cursethhisfatherאָבִ֣יו'a.VivH1orhismotherוְאִמּ֑וֹve.'i.MoH517,hislampנֵ֝ר֗וֹne.RoH5216shallbeputoutintheblackestdarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822. 21Aninheritanceנַ֭חֲלָהNa.cha.lahH5159obtained hastilyatthebeginningwillnotbeblessedH1288intheendוְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּve.'a.cha.ri.TahH319. 22Sayתֹּאמַ֥רto.MarH559not,Iwillrecompenseevilרָ֑עRa'H7451:waitקַוֵּ֥הka.VehH6960onJehovah,andheshallsaveH3467thee. 23DiversweightsH68areanabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441untoJehovah;andafalsebalanceisnotgoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896. 25Itisasnareמוֹקֵ֣שׁmo.KeshH4170toamanH120rashlytosay,Itishallowed,andaftervowsנְדָרִ֣יםne.da.RimH5088tomakeinquiry. 26Awiseחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428scattereththewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563,andbringeththewheelאוֹפָֽן׃'o.FanH212overthem. 27Man'sspiritisthelampנֵ֣רnerH5216ofJehovah,searchingH2664alltheinnerH2315partsofthebellyבָֽטֶן׃Va.tenH990. 28MercyandtruthH571preserveיִצְּרוּ־yi.tze.ru-H5341thekingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428;andheupholdethhisthroneכִּסְאֽוֹ׃kis.'OH3678bymercy. 29Thegloryתִּפְאֶ֣רֶתtif.'E.retH8597ofyoungבַּחוּרִ֣יםba.chu.RimH970menH970istheirstrengthכֹּחָ֑םko.ChamH3581;andthebeautyH8597ofoldזְקֵנִ֣יםze.ke.NimH2205menH970isthegreyhead. 30WoundingH6482stripespurgeawayevilבְּרָ֑עbe.Ra'H7451,andstrokes[purge]theinnerH2315partsofthebellyבָֽטֶן׃Va.tenH990. Commentaries on Proverbs 20
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