Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 25:15-23

15Bylongבְּאֹ֣רֶךְbe.'O.rekhH753forbearing is arulerקָצִ֑יןka.TzinH7101persuaded, and asoftרַ֝כָּ֗הra.KahH7390tongueוְלָשׁ֥וֹןve.la.ShonH3956breaketh theboneגָּֽרֶם׃Ga.remH1634.

16Hast thoufoundמָ֭צָאתָMa.tza.taH4672honeyדְּבַ֣שׁde.VashH1706?eatאֱכֹ֣ל'e.KholH398soH6435much as issufficientדַּיֶּ֑ךָּdai.Ye.kaH1767for thee;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thou befilledתִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּtis.ba.'E.nuH7646therewith, andvomitוַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃va.ha.Ke.ToH6958it.

17Let thyfootרַ֭גְלְךָRag.le.khaH7272be seldom in thy neighbour’shouseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435he bewearyיִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗yis.ba.'a.khaH7646of thee, andhateוּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ׃u.se.ne.'E.khaH8130thee.

18AmanH376that bearethfalseשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267witnessעֵ֣ד'edH5707againstH376his neighbour is a maul, and aswordוְ֭חֶרֶבVe.che.revH2719, and asharpשָׁנ֑וּןsha.NunH8150arrowוְחֵ֣ץve.ChetzH2671.

19Confidenceמִבְטָ֥חmiv.TachH4009in an unfaithful man in time oftroubleצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869is like a brokentoothשֵׁ֣ןshenH8127, and afootוְרֶ֣גֶלve.Re.gelH7272out of joint.

20As one that takethoffH5921agarmentבֶּ֨גֶד׀Be.gedH899incoldקָ֭רָהKa.rahH7135weather, and asvinegarחֹ֣מֶץCho.metzH2558uponH5921nitre,soH5921is he that singethsongsבַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗יםba.shi.RimH7892to an heavyheartלֶב־lev-H3820.

21Ifאִם־'im-H518thineenemyשֹׂ֭נַאֲךָSo.na.'a.khaH8130behungryרָעֵ֣בra.'EvH7457,giveהַשְׁקֵ֥הוּhash.Ke.huH8248himbreadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899toeatהַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּha.'a.khi.Le.huH398; andifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518he bethirstyצָ֝מֵ֗אtza.Me'H6771,giveH8248himwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325todrinkH8248:

22For thou shaltheapחֹתֶ֣הcho.TehH2846coalsגֶֽחָלִ֗יםge.cha.LimH1513of fireuponעַל־'al-H5921hisheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218, and theLORDוַֽ֝יהוָ֗הva.Yah.wehH3068shallrewardיְשַׁלֶּם־ye.sha.lem-H7999thee.

23Thenorthצָ֭פוֹןTza.fonH6828windר֣וּחַRu.achH7307bringeth forthrainגָּ֑שֶׁםGa.shemH1653:soH6440doth a backbitingtongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956anangryנִ֝זְעָמִ֗יםniz.'a.MimH2194countenanceH6440.

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