Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 2:16-22

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.

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