Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 17:21-25

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

22AmerryH3190heartלֵ֣בlevH3820is agoodיֵיטִ֣בyei.TivH3190medicineגֵּהָ֑הge.HahH1456: but a brokenspiritוְר֥וּחַve.Ru.achH7307driethupתְּיַבֶּשׁ־te.ya.besh-H3001thebonesגָּֽרֶם׃Ga.remH1634.

23Awickedרָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'H7563manH7563taketh a giftoutH5186of thebosomמֵ֭חֵיקMe.cheikH2436, topervertH5186thewaysאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734ofjudgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.

24Wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451isbeforeH6440thefaceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of him that hathunderstandingמֵבִ֣יןme.VinH995: but theeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of afoolכְ֝סִ֗ילkhe.SilH3684are in the ends of theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

25Afoolishכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684sonבֵּ֣ןbenH1121is a grief to hisfatherלְ֭אָבִיוLe.'a.vivH1, andbitternessוּ֝מֶ֗מֶרu.Me.merH4470toherלְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃le.yo.lad.ToH3205that bare him.

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