Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 20:12-15

12The hearingשֹׁ֭מַעַתSho.ma.'atH8085earאֹ֣זֶן'O.zenH241,and the seeingרֹאָ֑הro.'AhH7200eyeוְעַ֣יִןve.'A.yinH5869,Yhwhיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068hath madeעָשָׂ֥ה'a.SahH6213even bothשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃she.nei.HemH8147of them.

13Loveתֶּֽאֱהַ֣בte.'e.HavH157not sleepשֵׁ֭נָהShe.nahH8142,lest thou come to povertyתִּוָּרֵ֑שׁti.va.ReshH3423;openפְּקַ֖חpe.KachH6491thine eyesעֵינֶ֣יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869, andthou shalt be satisfiedשְֽׂבַֽע־se.va'-H7646with breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

14It isnaughtרַ֣עra'H7451, it isnaughtרַ֭עra'H7451,saithיֹאמַ֣רyo.MarH559the buyerהַקּוֹנֶ֑הha.ko.NehH7069:but when he is goneוְאֹזֵ֥לve.'o.ZelH235his way, then he boastethיִתְהַלָּֽל׃yit.ha.LalH1984.

15There isיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426goldזָ֭הָבza.hoH2091,and a multitudeוְרָב־ve.rov-H7230of rubiesפְּנִינִ֑יםpe.ni.NimH6443:but the lipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193of knowledgeדָֽעַת׃Da.'atH1847area preciousיְ֝קָ֗רye.KarH3366jewelוּכְלִ֥יu.khe.LiH3627.

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