Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 27:1-6

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.

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