Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 10:19-21

19In the multitudeבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230of wordsדְּ֭בָרִיםDe.va.rimH1697there wantethיֶחְדַּל־yech.dal-H2308not sinפָּ֑שַׁעPa.sha'H6588:but he that refrainethוְחֹשֵׂ֖ךְve.cho.SekhH2820his lipsשְׂפָתָ֣יוse.fa.TavH8193iswiseמַשְׂכִּֽיל׃mas.KilH7919.

20The tongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956of the justצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662is aschoiceנִ֭בְחָרNiv.chorH977silverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701:the heartלֵ֖בlevH3820of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563islittle worthכִּמְעָֽט׃kim.'AtH4592.

21The lipsשִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.TeiH8193of the righteousצַ֭דִּיקTza.dikH6662feedיִרְע֣וּyir.'UH7462manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227:but foolsוֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗יםve.'e.vi.LimH191dieיָמֽוּתוּ׃ya.Mu.tuH4191for wantבַּחֲסַר־ba.cha.sar-H2638of wisdomלֵ֥בlevH3820.

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