Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 3

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,forgetתִּשְׁכָּ֑חtish.KachH7911notH408mylawתּוֹרָתִ֣יto.ra.TiH8451; butletH408thineheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820keepיִצֹּ֥רyi.TzorH5341mycommandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687:

2Forlengthאֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָ֭מִיםYa.mimH3117, andyearsוּשְׁנ֣וֹתu.she.NotH8141oflifeH3117, andpeaceוְ֝שָׁל֗וֹםve.sha.LomH7965, shall theyaddיוֹסִ֥יפוּyo.Si.fuH3254to thee.

3LetH408notH408mercy andtruthוֶאֱמֶ֗תve.'e.MetH571forsakeיַעַ֫זְבֻ֥ךָya.'Az.Vu.khaH5800thee:bindקָשְׁרֵ֥םka.she.RemH7194themaboutעַל־'al-H5921thyneckגַּרְגְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָgar.ge.ro.Tei.khaH1621;writeכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םka.te.VemH3789themuponעַל־'al-H5921the table of thineheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820:

4SoH4672shalt thoufindוּמְצָא־u.me.tza'-H4672favour andgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896understandingוְשֵֽׂכֶל־ve.se.khel-H7922in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofGodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430andmanוְאָדָֽם׃ פve.'a.DamH120.

5Trustבְּטַ֣חbe.TachH982in theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068withallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thineheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820, andleanתִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃ti.sha.'EnH8172notאַל־'al-H408uponH413thine ownunderstandingבִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗bi.na.te.khaH998:

6Inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605thywaysדְּרָכֶ֥יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870acknowledgeדָעֵ֑הוּda.'E.huH3045him, and he shall direct thypathsאֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃'O.re.cho.Tei.khaH734.

7Benotאַל־'al-H408wiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450in thineownתְּהִ֣יte.HiH1961eyesבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869;fearיְרָ֥אye.Ra'H3372theLORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, anddepartוְס֣וּרve.SurH5493fromevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451:

8It shall be health to thynavelלְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָle.sha.Re.khaH8270, and marrow to thybonesלְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃le.'atz.mo.Tei.khaH6106.

9Honour theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068with thysubstanceמֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָme.ho.Ne.khaH1952, and with the firstfruits ofallכָּל־kol-H3605thineincreaseתְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃te.vu.'a.Te.khaH8393:

10So shall thybarnsאֲסָמֶ֣יךָ'a.sa.Mei.khaH618befilledוְיִמָּלְא֣וּve.yi.mal.'UH4390withplentyשָׂבָ֑עsa.Va'H7647, and thyvatsיְקָבֶ֥יךָye.ka.Vei.chaH3342shalloverflowיִפְרֹֽצוּ׃ פyif.Ro.tzuH6555withnewוְ֝תִיר֗וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492.

11Mysonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121,despiseתִּמְאָ֑סtim.'AsH3988notאַל־'al-H408thechasteningמוּסַ֣רmu.SarH4148of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068;neitherוְאַל־ve.'al-H408be weary of hisreproofבְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃be.to.khach.ToH8433:

12ForwhomH834theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068loveth he reproveth;evenכִּ֤יkiH3588as afatherוּ֝כְאָ֗בu.khe.'AvH1thesonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121inwhomH834he delighteth.

13Happyאַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.ReiH835is themanאָ֭דָם'A.domH120that findethwisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451, and themanוְ֝אָדָ֗םve.'a.DamH120that gettethunderstandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394.

14For themerchandiseH5504of it isbetterט֣וֹבTovH2896thanH2896themerchandiseH5504ofsilverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701, and thegainH5504thereofthanH2896fineH3701goldוּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץu.me.cha.RutzH2742.

15Sheהִ֭יאhi'H1931ismoreH3808preciousיְקָ֣רָהye.Ka.rahH3368thanH3808rubies: andnoneH3808of the things thou canstdesireחֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָcha.fa.Tzei.khaH2656are to be compared untoherוְכָל־ve.kholH3605.

16Lengthאֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָ֭מִיםYa.mimH3117is inherH3117rightבִּֽימִינָ֑הּbi.mi.NahH3225had; inherH3117leftבִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּbis.mo.LahH8040handH3225arerichesעֹ֣שֶׁר'O.sherH6239and honour.

17HerH3605waysדְּרָכֶ֥יהָde.ra.Khei.haH1870arewaysדַרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870of pleasantness, andallH3605herH3605pathsנְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣יהָne.Ti.vo.Tei.haH5410arepeaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.

18Sheהִ֭יאhi'H1931is atreeעֵץ־'etz-H6086oflifeחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416to them that layholdלַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣יםla.ma.cha.zi.KimH2388uponherH8551: andhappyמְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ פme.'u.SharH833is every one that retainethherH8551.

19TheLORDיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068bywisdomבְּחָכְמָ֥הbe.cha.khe.MahH2451foundedיָֽסַד־ya.sad-H3245theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776; byunderstandingבִּתְבוּנָֽה׃bit.vu.NahH8394heestablishedכּוֹנֵ֥ןko.NenH3559theheavensשָׁ֝מַ֗יִםSha.Ma.yimH8064.

20By hisknowledgeבְּ֭דַעְתּוֹbe.da'.toH1847thedepthsתְּהוֹמ֣וֹתte.ho.MotH8415werebrokenH1234upH1234, and theskiesוּ֝שְׁחָקִ֗יםu.she.cha.KimH7834dropdownיִרְעֲפוּ־yir.'a.fu-H7491thedewטָֽל׃TalH2919.

21Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,letH408notH408themdepartיָלֻ֣זוּya.Lu.zuH3868from thineeyesמֵעֵינֶ֑יךָme.'ei.Nei.khaH5869;keepנְצֹ֥רne.TzorH5341soundתֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗הtu.shi.YahH8454wisdomH8454anddiscretionוּמְזִמָּֽה׃u.me.zi.MahH4209;

22Soוְיִֽהְי֣וּve.yih.YuH1961shall they belifeH5315unto thysoulH5315, andgraceוְ֝חֵ֗ןve.ChenH2580to thyneckלְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃le.gar.ge.ro.Tei.khaH1621.

23Then shalt thouwalkH1870in thywayדַּרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870securelyלָבֶ֣טַחla.Ve.tachH983, and thyfootוְ֝רַגְלְךָ֗ve.rag.le.khaH7272shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808stumbleתִגּֽוֹף׃ti.GofH5062.

24When thou liestdownתִּשְׁכַּ֥בtish.KavH7901, thou shaltnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808beafraidתִפְחָ֑דtif.ChadH6342: yea, thou shaltlieוְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗ve.sha.khav.taH7901downH7901, and thysleepשְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃she.na.Te.khaH8142shall besweetוְֽעָרְבָ֥הve.'a.re.VahH6149.

25BenotH408afraidתִּ֭ירָאTi.ra'H3372ofsuddenפִּתְאֹ֑םpit.'OmH6597fearH3372,neitherH408of the desolation of thewickedרְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563, when it cometh:

26For theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068shall be thyconfidenceבְכִסְלֶ֑ךָve.khis.Le.khaH3689, and shallkeepוְשָׁמַ֖רve.sha.MarH8104thyfootרַגְלְךָ֣rag.le.KhaH7272frombeingH1961takenH1961.

27Withholdתִּמְנַע־tim.na'-H4513notאַל־'al-H408goodט֥וֹבTovH2896from them to whom it isdueמִבְּעָלָ֑יוmi.be.'a.LavH1167, when it is in thepowerH3027of thinehandיָדְךָ֣ya.dei.khaH3027todoלַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃la.'a.SotH6213it.

28Sayתֹּ֘אמַ֤רto.MarH559notאַל־'al-H408unto thy neighbour,GoH7725, andcomeH7725againH7725, andtomorrowוּמָחָ֥רu.ma.CharH4279I willgiveאֶתֵּ֗ן'e.TenH5414; when thou hast it by thee.

29Devisenotאַל־'al-H408evilרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451againstעַל־'al-H5921thy neighbour, seeing he dwellethsecurelyלָבֶ֣טַחla.Ve.tachH983by thee.

30Striveתָּרִ֣יבta.rivH7378notH3808with amanאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120withoutH3808causeחִנָּ֑םchi.NamH2600,ifאִם־'im-H518he havedoneH7451theenoH3808harmH7451.

31Envyתְּ֭קַנֵּאTe.ka.ne'H7065thounotH408themanבְּאִ֣ישׁbe.'IshH376ofviolenceחָמָ֑סcha.MasH2555, andchooseתִּ֝בְחַ֗רtiv.CharH977noneבְּכָל־be.kholH3605of hiswaysדְּרָכָֽיו׃de.ra.KhavH1870.

32For the perverse is anabominationתוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441to theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068: but hissecretסוֹדֽוֹ׃so.DoH5475is with theuprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477.

33Thecurseיְבָרֵֽךְ׃ye.va.RekhH1288of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068is in thehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of thewickedרָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'H7563; but he blesseth the habitation of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662.

34Surelyאִם־'im-H518he scorneth the scorners, but he givethgraceחֵֽן׃ChenH2580unto thelowlyH6041.

35Thewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450shallinheritיִנְחָ֑לוּyin.Cha.luH5157gloryכָּ֭בוֹדKa.VodH3519; butshameקָלֽוֹן׃ פka.LonH7036shall be the promotion offoolsוּ֝כְסִילִ֗יםu.khe.si.LimH3684.

Commentaries on Proverbs 3

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