Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 2:1-9

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.

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