11Ifאִם־'im-H518theserpentהַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.ChashH5175bitebeforeH3808it becharmedלָ֑חַשׁLa.chashH3908, then is therenoH3808advantageיִתְר֔וֹןyit.RonH3504in the charmer.
12Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of awiseחָכָ֖םcha.KhamH2450man’sH2450mouthפִי־fi-H6310aregraciousחֵ֑ןChenH2580; but thelipsוְשִׂפְת֥וֹתve.sif.TotH8193of afoolכְּסִ֖ילke.SilH3684willswallowתְּבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ׃te.val.le.'E.nuH1104upH1104himself.
13Thebeginningתְּחִלַּ֥תte.chi.LatH8462of thewordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697of hismouthH6310isfoolishnessסִכְל֑וּתsikh.LutH5531: and theendוְאַחֲרִ֣יתve.'a.cha.RitH319of histalkH1697is mischievousmadnessהוֹלֵל֖וּתho.le.LutH1948.
14Afoolוְהַסָּכָ֖לve.ha.sa.KhalH5530also multipliethwordsדְבָרִ֑יםde.va.RimH1697: yetmanהָאָדָם֙ha.'a.DamH120knowethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808whatמַה־mah-H4100shall be; and thatwhichוַאֲשֶׁ֤רva.'a.SherH834shall beafterמֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יוme.'a.cha.RavH310him, whocanמִ֖יmiH4310tellיַגִּ֥ידya.GidH5046him?
15The labour offoolsהַכְּסִילִ֖יםha.ke.si.LimH3684wearieth every one of them, for he knowethnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808howאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834to go to thecityעִֽיר׃'IrH5892.
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