6Follyהַסֶּ֔כֶלha.Se.khelH5529is setנִתַּ֣ןni.TanH5414in greatרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227dignityבַּמְּרוֹמִ֖יםba.me.ro.MimH4791,and the richוַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםva.'a.shi.RimH6223sitיֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ye.She.vuH3427in low placeבַּשֵּׁ֥פֶלba.She.felH8216.
7I have seenרָאִ֥יתִיra.'I.tiH7200servantsעֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimH5650upon horsesסוּסִ֑יםsu.SimH5483,and princesוְשָׂרִ֛יםve.sa.RimH8269walkingהֹלְכִ֥יםho.le.KhimH1980as servantsכַּעֲבָדִ֖יםka.'a.va.DimH5650upon the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.
8He that diggethחֹפֵ֥רcho.FerH2658a pitגּוּמָּ֖ץgu.MatzH1475shall fallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307into it; and whoso breakethוּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.RetzH6555an hedgeגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447,a serpentנָחָֽשׁ׃na.ChashH5175shall biteיִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּyi.she.Khe.nuH5391him.
9Whoso removethמַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'H5265stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68shall be hurtיֵעָצֵ֖בye.'a.TzevH6087therewith; andhe that cleavethבּוֹקֵ֥עַbo.Ke.a'H1234woodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086shall be endangeredיִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenH5533thereby.
10If the ironהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270be bluntקֵהָ֣הke.HahH6949,and he do not whetקִלְקַ֔לkil.KalH7043the edgeפָנִ֣יםfa.NimH6440,then must he putיְגַבֵּ֑רye.ga.BerH1396to more strengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428:but wisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451isprofitableוְיִתְר֥וֹןve.yit.RonH3504to directהַכְשֵׁ֖רhakh.SheirH3787.
11Surely the serpentהַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.ChashH5175will biteיִשֹּׁ֥ךְyi.ShokhH5391without enchantmentלָ֑חַשׁLa.chashH3908;and a babblerלְבַ֖עַל הַלָּשֽׁוֹן׃le.Va.'al ha.la.ShonH1167H3956is no betterיִתְר֔וֹןyit.RonH3504.
12The wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of a wise man’sחָכָ֖םcha.KhamH2450mouthפִי־fi-H6310aregraciousחֵ֑ןChenH2580;but the lipsוְשִׂפְת֥וֹתve.sif.TotH8193of a foolכְּסִ֖ילke.SilH3684will swallow upתְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃te.val.le.'E.nuH1104himself.
13The beginningתְּחִלַּ֥תte.chi.LatH8462of the wordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697of his mouthפִ֖יהוּFi.huH6310isfoolishnessסִכְל֑וּתsikh.LutH5531:and the endוְאַחֲרִ֣יתve.'a.cha.RitH319of his talkפִּ֔יהוּPi.huH6310ismischievousרָעָֽה׃ra.'AhH7451madnessהוֹלֵל֖וּתho.le.LutH1948.
14A foolוְהַסָּכָ֖לve.ha.sa.KhalH5530also is fullיַרְבֶּ֣הyar.BehH7235of wordsדְבָרִ֑יםde.va.RimH1697:a manהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120cannot tellיֵדַ֤עye.Da'H3045what shall be; and what shall be afterמֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יוme.'a.cha.RavH310him, who can tellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046him?
15The labourעֲמַ֥ל'a.MalH5999of the foolishהַכְּסִילִ֖יםha.ke.si.LimH3684weariethתְּיַגְּעֶ֑נּוּte.yag.ge.'E.nuH3021every one of them, because he knowethיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045not how to goH3212to the cityעִֽיר׃'IrH5892.
16Woeאִֽי־'i-H337to thee, O landאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,when thy kingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428isa childנָ֑עַרNa.'arH5288,and thy princesוְשָׂרַ֖יִךְve.sa.Ra.yikhH8269eatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398in the morningבַּבֹּ֥קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242!
17Blessedאַשְׁרֵ֣יךְ'ash.ReikhH835artthou, O landאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,when thy kingשֶׁמַּלְכֵּ֖ךְshe.mal.KekhH4428isthe sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of noblesחוֹרִ֑יםcho.RimH2715,and thy princesוְשָׂרַ֙יִךְ֙ve.sa.Ra.yikhH8269eatיֹאכֵ֔לוּyo.Khe.luH398in due seasonבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256,for strengthבִּגְבוּרָ֖הbig.vu.RahH1369,and not for drunkennessבַשְּׁתִֽי׃va.she.TiH8358!
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