Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 2

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifאִם־'im-H518thou wiltreceiveתִּקַּ֣חti.KachH3947mywordsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561, andlayH1121upתִּצְפֹּ֥ןtitz.PonH6845mycommandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687with thee;

2So that thouinclineתַּטֶּ֥הta.TehH5186thineearאָזְנֶ֑ךָ'a.ze.Ne.khaH241untowisdomלַֽחָכְמָ֣הla.cha.khe.MahH2451, and apply thineheartלִ֝בְּךָ֗li.be.khaH3820tounderstandingלַתְּבוּנָֽה׃la.te.vu.NahH8394;

3YeaH3588,ifאִ֣ם'imH518thoucryתִקְרָ֑אtik.Ra'H7121afterH3588discernmentלַבִּינָ֣הla.bi.NahH998, andliftH5414upH5414thyvoiceקוֹלֶֽךָ׃ko.Le.chaH6963forunderstandingלַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗הla.te.vu.NahH8394;

4IfH518thouseekתְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּהte.vak.She.nahH1245herH518assilverכַכָּ֑סֶףkha.Ka.sefH3701, andsearchH1245forherH518as for hidtreasuresוְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥יםve.kha.mat.mo.NimH4301;

5Then shalt thouunderstandתָּ֭בִיןTa.vinH995thefearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andfindתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672theknowledgeוְדַ֖עַתve.Da.'atH1847ofGodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430.

6For theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068givethwisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451; out of hismouthמִ֝פִּ֗יוmi.PivH6310comethknowledgeדַּ֣עַתDa.'atH1847andunderstandingוּתְבוּנָֽה׃u.te.vu.NahH8394:

7He layethupיִצְפֹּ֣ןve.tza.fanH6845soundH8454wisdomH8454for theuprightלַ֭יְשָׁרִיםLay.sha.rimH3477, he is ashieldמָ֝גֵ֗ןma.GenH4043to them thatwalkלְהֹ֣לְכֵיle.Ho.le.kheiH1980inintegrityתֹֽם׃TomH8537;

8That he mayguardיִשְׁמֹֽר׃yish.MorH8104thepathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734ofjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941, andpreserveלִ֭נְצֹרLin.tzorH5341thewayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870of his saints.

9Then shalt thouunderstandתָּ֭בִיןTa.vinH995righteousnessצֶ֣דֶקTze.dekH6664andjudgmentוּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.PatH4941, andequityוּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗יםu.mei.sha.RimH4339, yea,everyכָּל־kol-H3605goodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896pathמַעְגַּל־ma'.gal-H4570.

10Forwisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451shallenterH935intoH935thineheartבְלִבֶּ֑ךָve.li.Be.khaH3820, andknowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847shall bepleasantיִנְעָֽם׃yin.'AmH5276unto thysoulלְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥le.naf.she.KhaH5315;

11Discretionמְ֭זִמָּהMe.zi.mahH4209shallwatchתִּשְׁמֹ֥רtish.MorH8104over thee,understandingתְּבוּנָ֥הte.vu.NahH8394shallkeepH8104thee:

12Todeliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337thee from thewayמִדֶּ֣רֶךְmi.De.rekhH1870ofevilרָ֑עRa'H7451, from themenמֵ֝אִ֗ישׁme.'IshH376thatspeakמְדַבֵּ֥רme.da.BerH1696froward things;

13Whoforsakeהַ֭עֹ֣זְבִיםha.'O.ze.vimH5800thepathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734ofuprightnessיֹ֑שֶׁרYo.sherH3476, towalkH1870in thewaysבְּדַרְכֵי־be.dar.khei-H1870ofdarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822;

14WhorejoiceH1523todoלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213evilרָ֑עRa'H7451, anddelightH1523in the frowardness ofevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451;

15Who arecrookedH6141in theirwaysH734, andperverseH6141in theirpathsאָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם'a.re.cho.tei.HemH734:

16Todeliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337thee from thestrangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הme.'i.ShahH802, even from thestrangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הmi.na.khe.ri.YahH5237whichH802flattereth withherH802wordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561;

17Which forsaketh the friend ofherH7911youthנְעוּרֶ֑יהָne.'u.Rei.haH5271, and forgetteth thecovenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285ofherH7911Godאֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430:

18Forherאֶל־'el-H413houseבֵּיתָ֑הּbei.TahH1004inclineth untodeathמָ֣וֶתMa.vetH4194, andherוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413pathsמַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ma'.ge.lo.Tei.haH4570unto thedeadH4194:

19Noneלֹ֣אlo'H3808thatgoבָּ֭אֶיהָBa.'ei.haH935untoherH3605returnיְשׁוּב֑וּןye.shu.VunH7725againH7725,neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808doH3605theyattainH935unto thepathsאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734oflifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416:

20That thou mayestwalkH1870in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofgoodטוֹבִ֑יםto.VimH2896menH6662, andkeepתִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tish.MorH8104thepathsוְאָרְח֖וֹתve.'a.re.ChotH734of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662.

21For theuprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477shalldwellיִשְׁכְּנוּyish.ke.nu-H7931in thelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776, and theperfectוּ֝תְמִימִ֗יםu.te.mi.MimH8549shallremainיִוָּ֥תְרוּyi.Va.te.ruH3498in it.

22But thewickedוּ֭רְשָׁעִיםU.re.sha.'imH7563shall becutיִכָּרֵ֑תוּyi.ka.Re.tuH3772offH3772from thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776, and they thatdealH898treacherouslyH898shall be rootedoutמִמֶּֽנָּה׃ פmi.Me.nahH4480of it.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2

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