4Ifאִם־'im-H518thespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307of therulerהַמּוֹשֵׁל֙ha.mo.ShelH4910riseH5927upH5927againstעָלֶ֔יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921thee,leaveH3240notאַל־'al-H408thyplaceמְקוֹמְךָ֖me.kom.ChaH4725; for yielding allayethgreatגְּדוֹלִֽים׃ge.do.LimH1419offences.
5There is anevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451which I haveseenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478thesunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121, as it were anerrorכִּשְׁגָגָ֕הkish.ga.GahH7684which proceedeth from therulerהַשַּׁלִּֽיט׃ha.sha.LitH7989:
6follyהַסֶּ֔כֶלha.Se.khelH5529issetH5414ingreatרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227dignity, and therichוַעֲשִׁירִ֖יםva.'a.shi.RimH6223sitיֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ye.She.vuH3427inlowבַּשֵּׁ֥פֶלba.She.felH8216placeH5414.
8He that diggeth apitגּוּמָּ֖ץgu.MatzH1475shallfallיִפּ֑וֹלyi.PolH5307intoH5307it; and whoso breakeththroughוּפֹרֵ֥ץu.fo.RetzH6555afenceגָּדֵ֖רga.DerH1447, aserpentנָחָֽשׁ׃na.ChashH5175shall bite him.
9Whoso hewethoutמַסִּ֣יעַma.Si.a'H5265stonesאֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.NimH68shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleavethwoodעֵצִ֖ים'e.TzimH6086isendangeredיִסָּ֥כֶןyi.Sa.khenH5533thereby.
10IfH518theironהַבַּרְזֶ֗לha.bar.ZelH1270be blunt, and onedoH518notH3808whet theedgeפָנִ֣יםfa.NimH6440, thenmustH518he put tomoreH3808strengthוַחֲיָלִ֖יםva.cha.ya.LimH2428: butwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451is profitable to direct.
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