Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 23:29-33

29Who hath woeא֥וֹי'oH188?who hath sorrowאֲב֡וֹי'a.VoH17?who hath contentionsמִדְיָנִ֨יםmi.do.nimH4066 H4079?who hath babblingשִׂ֗יחַSi.achH7879?who hath woundsפְּצָעִ֣יםpe.tza.'ImH6482without causeחִנָּ֑םchi.NamH2600?who hath rednessחַכְלִל֥וּתchakh.li.LutH2448of eyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869?

30They that tarry longלַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥יםlam.'a.cha.RimH309at the wineהַיָּ֑יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196;they that goלַ֝בָּאִ֗יםla.ba.'ImH935to seekלַחְקֹ֥רlach.KorH2713mixed wineמִמְסָֽךְ׃mi.SakhH4469.

31Lookתֵּ֥רֶאTe.re'H7200not thou upon the wineיַיִן֮ya.YinH3196when it is redיִתְאַ֫דָּ֥םyit.'A.DamH119,when it givethיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414his colourעֵינ֑וֹei.NoH5869in the cupבַּכּ֣וֹסba.kisH3599 H3563, whenit movethיִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְyit.ha.LekhH1980itself arightבְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃be.mei.sha.RimH4339.

32At the lastאַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ'a.cha.ri.toH319it bitethיִשָּׁ֑ךְyi.ShakhH5391like a serpentכְּנָחָ֣שׁke.na.ChashH5175,and stingethיַפְרִֽשׁ׃yaf.RishH6567like an adderוּֽכְצִפְעֹנִ֥יu.khe.tzif.'o.NiH6848.

33Thine eyesעֵ֭ינֶיךָ'Ei.nei.khaH5869shall beholdיִרְא֣וּyir.'UH7200strange womenזָר֑וֹתza.RotH2114,and thine heartוְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ve.li.be.khaH3820shall utterיְדַבֵּ֥רye.da.BerH1696perverse thingsתַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃tah.pu.KhotH8419.

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