Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 23:15-35

15Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifאִם־'im-H518thineheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820bewiseחָכַ֣םcha.KhamH2449, myheartלִבִּ֣יli.BiH3820shall begladיִשְׂמַ֖חyis.MachH8055,evenגַם־gam-H1571mine:

16Yea, my reins shallrejoiceוְתַעְלֹ֥זְנָהve.ta'.Lo.ze.nahH5937, when thylipsשְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יךָSe.fa.Tei.khaH8193speakבְּדַבֵּ֥רbe.da.BerH1696rightמֵישָׁרִֽים׃mei.sha.RimH4339things.

17LetH408notH408thineheartלִ֭בְּךָLi.be.khaH3820envyיְקַנֵּ֣אye.ka.Ne'H7065sinnersבַּֽחַטָּאִ֑יםba.cha.ta.'ImH2400: but be thou in thefearבְּיִרְאַת־be.yir.'at-H3374of theLORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068allכָּל־kol-H3605thedayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117longH3117:

18Forsurelyכִּ֭יkiH3588there is a reward; and thyhopeוְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ve.tik.va.te.chaH8615shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808becutתִכָּרֵֽת׃ti.ka.RetH3772offH3772.

19Hearשְׁמַע־she.ma'-H8085thou, mysonבְנִ֣יve.NiH1121, and bewiseוַחֲכָ֑םva.cha.KhamH2449, andguideוְאַשֵּׁ֖רve.'a.SherH833thineheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820in thewayבַּדֶּ֣רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870.

20Benotאַל־'al-H408among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters offleshבָשָׂ֣רva.SarH1320:

21For the drunkard and the glutton shallcomeH3423topovertyH3423: anddrowsinessנוּמָֽה׃nu.MahH5124shallclotheתַּלְבִּ֥ישׁtal.BishH3847a man withragsוּ֝קְרָעִ֗יםu.ke.ra.'ImH7168.

22Hearken unto thyfatherלְ֭אָבִיךָLe.'a.vi.khaH1that begat thee, anddespiseתָּ֝ב֗וּזta.VuzH936notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408thymotherאִמֶּֽךָ׃'i.Me.khaH517whensheכִּֽי־ki-H3588isoldזָקְנָ֥הza.ke.NahH2204.

23Buyקְ֭נֵהKe.nehH7069thetruthאֱמֶ֣ת'e.MetH571, andsellתִּמְכֹּ֑רtim.KorH4376itnotוְאַל־ve.'al-H408; yea,wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451, andinstructionוּמוּסָ֣רu.mu.SarH4148, andunderstandingוּבִינָֽה׃u.vi.NahH998.

24Thefatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of therighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662shallgreatlyH1523rejoiceיִשְׂמַחve.yis.mach-H8055: and he that begetteth awiseחָ֝כָ֗םcha.KhamH2450childוְיוֹלֵ֥דve.yo.ledH3205shall havejoyבּֽוֹ׃boH8055of him.

25LetH1523thyfatherאָבִ֥יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1and thymotherוְאִמֶּ֑ךָve.'i.Me.khaH517begladH8055, andletH1523herיֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃Yo.lad.Te.khaH3205that bare theerejoiceיִֽשְׂמַח־yis.mach-H8055.

26Mysonבְנִ֣יve.NiH1121,giveתְּנָֽה־te.nah-H5414meH5414thineheartלִבְּךָ֣li.be.KhaH3820, andletH5414thineeyesוְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869delightH7521in mywaysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870.

27For a whore is adeepעֲמֻקָּ֣ה'a.mu.KahH6013ditch; and a strangewomanנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237is a narrowpitשׁוּחָ֣הshu.ChahH7745.

28Yea,sheהִ֭יאhi'H1931lieth inwaitתֶּֽאֱרֹ֑בte.'e.RoH693as arobberכְּחֶ֣תֶףke.Che.tefH2863, and increaseth thetreacherousוּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםu.Vog.DimH898amongmenבְּאָדָ֥םbe.'a.DamH120.

29Who hathwoeא֥וֹי'oH188? who hathsorrowאֲב֡וֹי'a.VoH17? who hathcontentionsH4066? who hathcomplainingשִׂ֗יחַSi.achH7879? who hathwoundsפְּצָעִ֣יםpe.tza.'ImH6482withoutH2600causeחִנָּ֑םchi.NamH2600? who hathrednessחַכְלִל֥וּתchakh.li.LutH2448ofeyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869?

30They thattarryH309longH309at thewineהַיָּ֑יִןhai.Ya.yinH3196; they thatgoלַ֝בָּאִ֗יםla.ba.'ImH935to seekoutעַל־'al-H5921mixedמִמְסָֽךְ׃mi.SakhH4469wineH3196.

31LookH7200notאַל־'al-H408thouuponH7200thewineיַיִן֮ya.YinH3196when it isredיִתְאַ֫דָּ֥םyit.'A.DamH119, when it givethitsיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414colour in the cup, when it goethdownיִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְyit.ha.LekhH1980smoothlyבְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃be.mei.sha.RimH4339.

32At thelastאַ֭חֲרִיתוֹ'a.cha.ri.toH319it biteth like aserpentכְּנָחָ֣שׁke.na.ChashH5175, and stingeth like an adder.

33Thineeyesעֵ֭ינֶיךָ'Ei.nei.khaH5869shallbeholdיִרְא֣וּyir.'UH7200strangeזָר֑וֹתza.RotH2114things, and thineheartוְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ve.li.be.khaH3820shallutterיְדַבֵּ֥רye.da.BerH1696froward things.

34Yea, thou shalt be as he that liethdownH7901in themidstבְּלֶב־be.lev-H3820of theseaיָ֑םYamH3220, or as he that liethuponוְ֭הָיִיתָVe.ha.yi.taH1961thetopבְּרֹ֣אשׁbe.RoshH7218of a mast.

35They havestrickenH5221meH3254, shalt thousayH3254, and I wasnotH3254hurt; they havebeatenH5221meH3254, and I felt itnotH3254: when shall I awake? I willseekאֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ'a.vak.She.nuH1245it yetagainעֽוֹד׃odH5750.

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