Revised Literal Translation

Proverbs 4:10-12

10Hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085,O my sonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,and receiveוְקַ֣חve.KachH3947my sayingsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561;and the yearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141of thy lifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416shall be manyוְיִרְבּ֥וּve.yir.BuH7235.

11I have taughtהֹרֵתִ֑יךָho.re.Ti.khaH3384thee in the wayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870of wisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451;I have ledהִ֝דְרַכְתִּ֗יךָhid.rakh.Ti.khaH1869thee in rightיֹֽשֶׁר׃Yo.sherH3476pathsבְּמַעְגְּלֵי־be.ma'.ge.lei-H4570.

12When thou goestH3212,thy stepsצַעֲדֶ֑ךָtza.'a.De.khaH6806shall not be straitenedיֵצַ֣רye.TzarH3334;and when thou runnestתָּ֝ר֗וּץta.RutzH7323,thou shalt not stumbleתִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ti.ka.ShelH3782.

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