Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 22:24-27

24Make no friendshipתִּ֭תְרַעTit.ra'H7462with an angryאָ֑ף'AfH639manבַּ֣עַלBa.'alH1167;and with a furiousחֵ֝מוֹתChe.motH2534manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376thou shalt not goתָבֽוֹא׃ta.Vo'H935:

25Lest thou learnתֶּאֱלַ֥ףte.'e.LafH502his waysאֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו'a.re.cha.tovH734,and getוְלָקַחְתָּ֖ve.la.kach.TaH3947a snareמוֹקֵ֣שׁmo.KeshH4170to thy soulלְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃le.naf.She.khaH5315.

26Be not thou oneof them that strikeבְתֹֽקְעֵי־ve.to.ke.'ei-H8628handsכָ֑ףKhafH3709, orof them that are suretiesבַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗יםba.'o.re.VimH6148for debtsמַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃ma.sha.'otH4859.

27If thou hast nothing to payלְשַׁלֵּ֑םle.sha.LemH7999,why should he take awayיִקַּ֥חyi.KachH3947thy bedמִ֝שְׁכָּבְךָ֗mish.ka.ve.khaH4904from under thee?

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