Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 23:1-8

1When thou sittest toeatלִלְח֣וֹםlil.ChomH3898with arulerמוֹשֵׁ֑לmo.ShelH4910,considerבִּ֥יןbinH995diligentlyתָּ֝בִ֗יןta.VinH995him that isbeforeלְפָנֶֽיךָ׃le.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee;

2Andputוְשַׂמְתָּ֣ve.sam.TaH7760aknifeשַׂכִּ֣יןsa.KinH7915to thythroatH5315,ifאִם־'im-H518thou be amanH5315given toappetiteנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315.

3Benotאַל־'al-H408desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful meat.

4Wearyתִּיגַ֥עti.Ga'H3021notאַל־'al-H408thyself to berichלְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑ירle.ha.'a.ShirH6238;ceaseחֲדָֽל׃cha.DalH2308from thine own wisdom.

5Wilt thousetעָשֹׂ֣ה'a.SohH6213thineeyesעֵינֶ֥יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869upon thatwhichH5869isnotוְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּve.'Ei.Ne.nuH369? for richescertainlyכִּ֤יkiH3588makeיַעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213themselveswingsכְנָפַ֑יִםkhe.na.Fa.yimH3671, like aneagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404that flieth towardheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

6Eatתִּלְחַ֗םtil.ChamH3898thounotאַל־'al-H408thebreadלֶ֭חֶםLe.chemH3899of him that hath anevilרַ֣עra'H7451eyeעָ֑יִן'A.yinH5869,neitherוְאַל־ve.'al-H408desireתִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtit.'avH183thou his dainties:

7For as he reckonethwithinעִמָּֽךְ׃'i.MakhH5973himselfה֥וּאhu'H1931,soכֶּ֫ן־Ken-H3651is he:Eatאֱכֹ֣ל'e.KholH398anddrinkוּ֭שְׁתֵהU.she.tehH8354, saith he to thee; but hisheartוְ֝לִבּ֗וֹve.li.BoH3820isnotכִּ֤י׀kiH3588with thee.

8Themorselפִּֽתְּךָ־pi.te.kha-H6595whichH1697thou hasteatenH398shalt thouvomitתְקִיאֶ֑נָּהte.ki.'E.nahH6958upH398, and lose thy sweetwordsדְּבָרֶ֥יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697.

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