Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 16:25-29

25There isיֵ֤שׁyeshH3426a wayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870that seemeth rightיָ֭שָׁרYa.shorH3477untoלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440a manאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376,but the endוְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּve.'a.cha.ri.TahH319thereof arethe waysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870of deathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194.

26Heנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315that labourethעָ֭מֵל'A.melH6001labourethעָ֣מְלָה'A.me.lahH5998for himself; for his mouthפִּֽיהוּ׃Pi.huH6310cravethאָכַ֖ף'a.KhafH404it of him.

27An ungodlyבְּ֭לִיַּעַלBe.li.ya.'alH1100manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376diggeth upכֹּרֶ֣הko.RehH3738evilרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451:and in his lipsשְׂ֝פָת֗וֹse.fa.tavH8193there isas a burningצָרָֽבֶת׃tza.Ra.vetH6867fireכְּאֵ֣שׁke.'EshH784.

28A perverseתַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹתTah.pu.khotH8419manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376sowethיְשַׁלַּ֣חye.sha.LachH7971strifeמָד֑וֹןma.DonH4066:and a whispererH5372separatethמַפְרִ֥ידmaf.RidH6504chief friendsאַלּֽוּף׃'a.LufH441.

29A violentחָ֭מָסCha.mosH2555manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376enticethיְפַתֶּ֣הye.fa.TehH6601his neighbourרֵעֵ֑הוּre.'E.huH7453,and leadethH3212him into the wayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870that isnot goodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896.

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