Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 27:1-10

1Boastתִּ֭תְהַלֵּלTit.ha.lelH1984notH3808thyself oftomorrowמָחָ֑רma.CharH4279; for thou knowestnotH3808whatמַה־mah-H4100adayH3117maybringיֵּ֥לֶדYe.ledH3205forthH3205.

2Letוְאַל־ve.'al-H408anotherזָ֣רzarH2114manpraiseיְהַלֶּלְךָ֣ye.ha.lel.KhaH1984thee, andnotH3808thine ownmouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310; astrangerנָ֝כְרִ֗יna.khe.RiH5237, andnotH3808thine ownlipsשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃se.fa.Tei.khaH8193.

3Astoneאֶ֭בֶן'E.venH68isheavyכָּבֵ֥דka.VedH3515, and thesandהַח֑וֹלha.CholH2344weightyוְנֵ֣טֶלve.Ne.telH5192; but afool’sאֱ֝וִ֗יל'e.VilH191vexation isheavierH3515than thembothמִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃mi.she.nei.HemH8147.

4Wrathחֵ֭מָהChe.mahH2534is cruel, andangerאָ֑ף'AfH639is outrageous; but who is able tostandיַ֝עֲמֹדYa.'a.modH5975beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440jealousyקִנְאָֽה׃kin.'AhH7068?

5BetterH2896isopenמְגֻלָּ֑הme.gu.LahH1540rebukeתּוֹכַ֣חַתto.Kha.chatH8433thanH2896loveמֵֽאַהֲבָ֥הme.'a.ha.VahH160that ishiddenמְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃me.su.Ta.retH5641.

6Faithfulנֶ֭אֱמָנִיםNe.'e.ma.nimH539are thewoundsפִּצְעֵ֣יpitz.'EiH6482of afriendאוֹהֵ֑ב'o.HevH157: but thekissesנְשִׁיק֥וֹתne.shi.KotH5390of anenemyשׂוֹנֵֽא׃so.Ne'H8130are profuse.

7Thefullשְׂ֭בֵעָהSe.ve.'ahH7649soulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315loatheth an honeycomb: but to thehungryרְ֝עֵבָ֗הre.'e.VahH7457soulוְנֶ֥פֶשׁve.Ne.feshH5315everyH3605bitterמַ֥רmarH4751thingH3605issweetמָתֽוֹק׃ma.TokH4966.

8As abirdכְּ֭צִפּוֹרKe.tzi.porH6833that wandereth fromherH3651nestקִנָּ֑הּki.NahH7064,soכֵּֽן־ken-H3651is amanאִ֝֗ישׁ'IshH376that wandereth from hisplaceמִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725.

9Ointmentשֶׁ֣מֶןShe.menH8081andperfumeוּ֭קְטֹרֶתU.ke.to.retH7004rejoiceיְשַׂמַּֽח־ye.sa.mach-H8055theheartלֵ֑בLevH3820: so doth thesweetnessוּמֶ֥תֶקu.Me.tekH4986of aman’sנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315friendרֵ֝עֵ֗הוּre.'E.huH7453that cometh of heartycounselמֵֽעֲצַת־me.'a.tzat-H6098.

10Thine ownfriendרֵֽעֲךָ֨re.'a.KhaH7453, and thyfather’sאָבִ֡יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1friendוְרֵ֪עַve.re.'ehH7453,forsakeתַּעֲזֹ֗בta.'a.ZoH5800notאַֽל־'al-H408; andgoתָּ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935notאַל־'al-H408to thybrother’sאָחִ֗יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251houseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of thycalamityאֵידֶ֑ךָ'ei.De.khaH343:betterט֥וֹבTovH2896is a neighbour that isnearקָ֝ר֗וֹבka.RovH7138thanH2896abrotherמֵאָ֥חme.'AchH251farרָחֽוֹק׃ra.ChokH7350offH7350.

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