Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 3:5-17

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.

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