1Assnowכַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀ka.She.legH7950insummerבַּקַּ֗יִץba.Ka.yitzH7019,andasrainוְכַמָּטָ֥רve.kha.ma.TarH4306inharvestבַּקָּצִ֑ירba.ka.TzirH7105,soכֵּ֤ןkenH3651honour beseemethnotafoolלִכְסִ֣ילlikh.SilH3684. 2Asthesparrowforflittingabout,astheswallowכַּדְּר֣וֹרka.de.RorH1866forflying,soacurseקִֽלְלַ֥תki.LatH7045undeservedshallnotcomeתָבֹֽא׃ta.Vo'H935. 3Awhipשׁ֣וֹטShotH7752forthehorseלַ֭סּוּסLa.susH5483, abridleמֶ֣תֶגMe.tegH4964fortheass,andarodוְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶטve.She.vetH7626forthebackoffoolsכְּסִילִֽים׃ke.si.LimH3684. 4Answerתַּ֣עַןTa.'anH6030notafoolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684accordingtohisfollyH200,lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435thoualsoגַם־gam-H1571belike unto him. 5Answerעֲנֵ֣ה'a.NehH6030afoolכְ֭סִילKhe.silH3684accordingtohisfollyH200,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435hebeיִהְיֶ֖הyih.YehH1961wiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450inhisowneyesבְּעֵינָֽיו׃be.'ei.NavH5869. 6Hethatsendethamessagebythehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofafoolכְּסִֽיל׃ke.SilH3684cuttethoff[hisown]feetH7272, [and] drinketh damage. 7Thelegsשֹׁ֭קַיִםSho.ka.yimH7785ofthelameמִפִּסֵּ֑חַmi.pi.Se.achH6455hangדַּלְי֣וּdal.YuH1809loose;soisaproverbוּ֝מָשָׁ֗לu.ma.ShalH4912inthemouthבְּפִ֣יbe.FiH6310offoolsכְסִילִֽים׃khe.si.LimH3684. 8Asabagofgemsinastoneheap,soכֵּן־ken-H3651ishethatgiveth honourtoafoolלִכְסִ֣ילlikh.SilH3684. 9[As]athornח֭וֹחַCho.achH2336goethupintothehandבְיַד־ve.yad-H3027ofadrunkardשִׁכּ֑וֹרshi.KorH7910,soisaproverbוּ֝מָשָׁ֗לu.ma.ShalH4912inthemouthבְּפִ֣יbe.FiH6310offoolsכְסִילִֽים׃khe.si.LimH3684. 10Amaster roughly worketheveryone:hebothhireththefoolכְּ֝סִ֗ילke.SilH3684andhireth passers-by. 12Hast thouseenרָאִ֗יתָra.'I.taH7200amanH376wiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450inhisowneyesבְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ei.NavH5869? Thereismoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480hopeתִּקְוָ֖הtik.VahH8615ofafoolלִכְסִ֣ילlikh.SilH3684thanofhim. 13Thesluggardעָ֭צֵל'A.tzelH6102saith, Thereisafiercelionאֲ֝רִ֗י'a.RiH738inthewayH1870;alionH738isinthemidstofthestreets! 14[As]thedoorהַ֭דֶּלֶתHa.de.letH1817turnethuponitshinges,sothesluggardוְ֝עָצֵ֗לve.'a.TzelH6102uponhisbedמִטָּתֽוֹ׃mi.ta.ToH4296. 15Thesluggardעָצֵ֣ל'a.TzelH6102buriethhishandיָ֭דוֹya.doH3027inthedishבַּצַּלָּ֑חַתba.tza.La.chatH6747:itweariethhimtobringלַֽהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּla.ha.shi.VahH7725itagaintohismouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310. 16Asluggardעָצֵ֣ל'a.TzelH6102iswiserinhisownבְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ei.NavH5869eyesH5869thansevenמִ֝שִּׁבְעָ֗הmi.shiv.'AhH7651[men]thatanswerdiscreetly. 17HethatpassingH5674byvexethhimselfwithstrifeH7379belongingnottohim,is[like]onethattakethadogכָ֑לֶבKha.levH3611bytheearsבְּאָזְנֵי־be.'a.ze.nei-H241. 18As a madman who castethfirebrandsH2131,arrowsחִצִּ֥יםchi.TzimH2671,anddeathוָמָֽוֶת׃va.Ma.vetH4194, 19soכֵּֽן־ken-H3651isamanH376thatdeceivethhisneighbour,andsaith,AmInotinsport? 20Wherenowoodעֵ֭צִים'E.tzimH6086is,thefireאֵ֑שׁ'EshH784goethout;andwherethereisnotalebearer,thecontentionH4066ceaseth. 21[As]coalsלְ֭גֶחָלִיםLe.ge.cha.limH1513forhotcoalsH1513,andwoodוְעֵצִ֣יםve.'e.TzimH6086forfireלְאֵ֑שׁle.'EshH784, soisacontentiousmanH376toinflamestrifeרִֽיב׃ פRivH7379. 22Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofatalebearerareasdaintymorsels,andtheygoיָרְד֥וּya.re.DuH3381downintotheinnermostpartsofthebellyבָֽטֶן׃Va.tenH990. 23Ardentlipsשְׂפָתַ֖יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193,andawickedH7451heartוְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820,are[as]anearthenvesseloverlaidמְצֻפֶּ֣הme.tzu.PehH6823withsilverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701dross. 24Hethat hateth dissemblethwithhislipsבִּ֭שְׂפָתָיוbis.fa.tovH8193,buthelayethupdeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820withinhim: 25whenhisvoiceק֭וֹלוֹko.loH6963isgracious,believeH539himnot,fortherearesevenשֶׁ֖בַעShe.va'H7651abominationsתּוֹעֵב֣וֹתto.'e.VotH8441inhisheartבְּלִבּֽוֹ׃be.li.BoH3820. 26Though [his]hatredשִׂ֭נְאָהSin.'ahH8135iscoveredתִּכַּסֶּ֣הti.ka.SehH3680bydissimulation,hiswickednessרָעָת֣וֹra.'a.ToH7451shallbemademanifestinthecongregation. 27Whoso diggethapitשַּׁ֭חַתSha.chatH7845shallfallיִפֹּ֑לyi.PolH5307therein;andhethatrollethastoneאֶ֝בֶן'E.venH68,itshallreturnתָּשֽׁוּב׃ta.ShuvH7725uponhim. 28AlyingH8267tongueלְֽשׁוֹן־le.sho.no.She-H3956hateththosethatareinjuredbyit,andaflatteringmouthוּפֶ֥הu.PehH6310workethruin. Commentaries on Proverbs 26
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