Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 16:12-15

12It isan abominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441to kingsמְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimH4428to commitעֲשׂ֣וֹתa.SotH6213wickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562:for the throneכִּסֵּֽא׃ki.Se'H3678is establishedיִכּ֥וֹןyi.KonH3559by righteousnessבִ֝צְדָקָ֗הvitz.da.KahH6666.

13Righteousצֶ֑דֶקTze.dekH6664lipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193arethe delightרְצ֣וֹןre.TzonH7522of kingsמְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimH4428;and they loveיֶאֱהָֽב׃ye.'e.HavH157him that speakethוְדֹבֵ֖רve.do.VerH1696rightיְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.RimH3477.

14The wrathחֲמַת־cha.mat-H2534of a kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is asmessengersמַלְאֲכֵי־mal.'a.khei-H4397of deathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194:but a wiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450manוְאִ֖ישׁve.'IshH376will pacifyיְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה׃ye.khap.pe.Re.nahH3722it.

15In the lightבְּאוֹר־be.'or-H216of the king’sמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428countenanceפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440islifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416;and his favourוּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹu.re.tzo.NoH7522isas a cloudכְּעָ֣בke.'AvH5645of the latter rainמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃mal.Ko.oshH4456.

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