16Wherefore is therea priceמְחִ֣ירme.ChirH4242in the handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of a foolכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684to getלִקְנ֖וֹתlik.NotH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451, seeing he hathno heartוְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820to it?
17A friendהָרֵ֑עַha.Re.a'H7453lovethאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH157at all timesעֵ֭ת'etH6256,and a brotherוְאָ֥חve.'AchH251is bornיִוָּלֵֽד׃yi.va.LedH3205for adversityלְ֝צָרָ֗הle.tza.RahH6869.
18A manאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120voidחֲסַר־cha.sar-H2638of understandingלֵ֭בlevH3820strikethתּוֹקֵ֣עַto.Ke.a'H8628handsכָּ֑ףKafH3709, andbecomethעֹרֵ֥ב'o.RevH6148suretyעֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה'a.ru.BahH6161in the presenceלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440of his friendרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453.
19He lovethאֹ֣הֵֽב'O.hevH157transgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588that lovethאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH157strifeמַצָּ֑הma.TzahH4683: andhe that exaltethמַגְבִּ֥יהַּmag.Bi.ahH1361his gateפִּ֝תְח֗וֹpit.ChoH6607seekethמְבַקֶּשׁ־me.va.kesh-H1245destructionשָֽׁבֶר׃Sha.verH7667.
20He that hath a perverseעִקֶּשׁ־'i.kesh-H6141heartלֵ֭בlevH3820findethיִמְצָא־yim.tza'-H4672no goodט֑וֹבTovH2896:and he that hath a perverseוְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְve.neh.PakhH2015tongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbil.sho.NoH3956fallethיִפּ֥וֹלyi.PolH5307into mischiefבְּרָעָֽה׃be.ra.'AhH7451.
21He that begettethיֹלֵ֣דyo.LedH3205a foolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684doeth itto his sorrowלְת֣וּגָהle.Tu.gahH8424:and the fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of a foolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036hath no joyיִ֝שְׂמַ֗חyis.MachH8055.
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