Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 17:16-21

16Wherefore is there apriceמְחִ֣ירme.ChirH4242in thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of afoolכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684tobuyלִקְנ֖וֹתlik.NotH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451, seeing he hathnoאָֽיִן׃'A.yinH369understandingוְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820?

17Afriendהָרֵ֑עַha.Re.a'H7453loveth atallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605timesעֵ֭ת'etH6256, and abrotherוְאָ֥חve.'AchH251isbornיִוָּלֵֽד׃yi.va.LedH3205foradversityלְ֝צָרָ֗הle.tza.RahH6869.

18Amanאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120void ofunderstandingלֵ֭בlevH3820strikethhandsכָּ֑ףKafH3709, and becomethsuretyעֹרֵ֥ב'o.RevH6148in thepresenceלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440of his neighbour.

19He lovethtransgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588that lovethstrifeמַצָּ֑הma.TzahH4683: he that raisethhighמַגְבִּ֥יהַּmag.Bi.ahH1361hisgateפִּ֝תְח֗וֹpit.ChoH6607seekethdestructionשָֽׁבֶר׃Sha.verH7667.

20He that hath a frowardheartלֵ֭בlevH3820findethnoלֹ֣אlo'H3808goodט֑וֹבTovH2896: and he that hath aperverseעִקֶּשׁ־'i.kesh-H6141tongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbil.sho.NoH3956fallethintoוְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְve.neh.PakhH2015mischief.

21He that begetteth afoolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684doeth it to hissorrowלְת֣וּגָהle.Tu.gahH8424: and thefatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of afoolH3684hathnoוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808joyיִ֝שְׂמַ֗חyis.MachH8055.

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