Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 16:10-15

10Adivineקֶ֤סֶם׀Ke.semH7081sentenceH4941is in thelipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193of thekingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428: hismouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808transgress injudgmentבְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טbe.mish.PatH4941.

11Ajustמִ֭שְׁפָּטMish.potH4941balanceפֶּ֤לֶס׀Pe.lesH6425andscalesוּמֹאזְנֵ֣יu.moz.NeiH3976are theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068:allכָּל־kol-H3605theweightsאַבְנֵי־'av.nei-H68of thebagכִֽיס׃KhisH3599are hisworkמַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּma.'a.Se.huH4639.

12It is anabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441tokingsמְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimH4428to commitwickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562: for thethroneכִּסֵּֽא׃ki.Se'H3678isestablishedיִכּ֥וֹןyi.KonH3559byrighteousnessבִ֝צְדָקָ֗הvitz.da.KahH6666.

13Righteousצֶ֑דֶקTze.dekH6664lipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193are thedelightרְצ֣וֹןre.TzonH7522orkingsמְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimH4428; and theyloveיֶאֱהָֽב׃ye.'e.HavH157him that speakethrightיְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.RimH3477.

14Thewrathחֲמַת־cha.mat-H2534of akingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428is asmessengersמַלְאֲכֵי־mal.'a.khei-H4397ofdeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194: but awiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450manוְאִ֖ישׁve.'IshH376will pacify it.

15In thelightבְּאוֹר־be.'or-H216of theking’sמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428countenanceפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440islifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416; and his favour is as acloudכְּעָ֣בke.'AvH5645of thelatterH4456rainמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃mal.Ko.oshH4456.

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