Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 1:8-19

8Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085theinstructionמוּסַ֣רmu.SarH4148of thyfatherאָבִ֑יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1, andforsakeתִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁti.ToshH5203notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408thelawתּוֹרַ֥תto.RatH8451of thymotherאִמֶּֽךָ׃'i.Me.khaH517:

9For they shall be a chaplet ofgraceחֵ֓ןchenH2580unto thyheadלְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָle.ro.She.khaH7218, and chains about thyneckלְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃le.gar.ge.ro.Tei.khaH1621.

10Mysonבְּנִ֡יbe.NiH1121,ifאִם־'im-H518sinnersחַ֝טָּאִ֗יםcha.ta.'ImH2400entice thee,consentתֹּבֵֽא׃to.Ve'H14thounotאַל־'al-H408.

11Ifאִם־'im-H518theysayיֹאמְרוּ֮yo.me.RuH559, Come withusH559, letusH559layנֶאֶרְבָ֥הne.'er.VahH693waitH693forbloodלְדָ֑םle.DamH1818, letusH559lurkנִצְפְּנָ֖הnitz.pe.NahH6845privily for theinnocentלְנָקִ֣יle.na.KiH5355withoutH2600causeחִנָּֽם׃chi.NamH2600;

12LetH3381usH3381swallowH1104themupH1104aliveחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416asSheolכִּשְׁא֣וֹלkish.'olH7585, andwholeוּ֝תְמִימִ֗יםu.te.mi.MimH8549, as those thatgoכְּי֣וֹרְדֵיke.Yor.deiH3381downH3381intoH3381thepitבֽוֹר׃VorH953;

13WeH3605shallfindנִמְצָ֑אnim.Tza'H4672allH3605preciousיָקָ֣רya.KarH3368substanceה֣וֹןHonH1952,weH3605shallfillנְמַלֵּ֖אne.ma.Le'H4390ourhousesבָתֵּ֣ינוּva.Tei.nuH1004withspoilשָׁלָֽל׃sha.LalH7998;

14Thou shaltcastתַּפִּ֣ילta.PilH5307thylotגּ֭וֹרָ֣לְךָgo.Ral.khaH1486among us;weH3605willallH3605have onepurseכִּ֥יסkisH3599:

15Mysonבְּנִ֗יbe.NiH1121,walkH1870notאַל־'al-H408thou in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870with them; refrain thyfootרַ֝גְלְךָ֗rag.le.khaH7272from theirpathH1870:

16For theirfeetרַ֭גְלֵיהֶםRag.lei.hemH7272runיָר֑וּצוּya.Ru.tzuH7323toevilלָרַ֣עla.Ra'H7451, and theymakeוִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּvi.ma.ha.RuH4116hasteH4116toshedלִשְׁפָּךְ־lish.pokh-H8210bloodדָּֽם׃DamH1818.

17For invainחִ֭נָּםChi.nomH2600is thenetהָרָ֑שֶׁתha.Ra.shetH7568spreadמְזֹרָ֣הme.zo.RahH2219, in theeyesבְּ֝עֵינֵ֗יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofanyכָל־khol-H3605birdכָּנָֽף׃ka.NafH3671:

18Andtheseוְ֭הֵםVe.hemH1992layיֶאֱרֹ֑בוּye.'e.RouH693waitH693for theirownH6845bloodלְדָמָ֣םle.da.MamH1818, theylurkH6845privily for theirownH6845livesלְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃le.naf.sho.TamH5315.

19Soכֵּ֗ןKenH3651are thewaysאָ֭רְחוֹת'A.re.chotH734ofeveryכָּל־kol-H3605one that isgreedyבֹּ֣צֵֽעַBo.tze.a'H1214ofgainבָּ֑צַעBa.tza'H1215; it takethawayיִקָּֽח׃ פyi.KachH3947thelifeנֶ֖פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of theownersבְּעָלָ֣יוbe.'a.LavH1167thereof.

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