Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 5

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121, attend unto mywisdomלְחָכְמָתִ֣יle.cha.khe.ma.TiH2451;inclineהַט־hat-H5186thineearאָזְנֶֽךָ׃'a.ze.Ne.khaH241to myunderstandingלִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗יlit.vu.na.TiH8394:

2That thou mayestpreserveיִנְצֹֽרוּ׃yin.Tzo.ruH5341discretionמְזִמּ֑וֹתme.zi.MotH4209, and that thylipsשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָse.fa.Tei.khaH8193maykeepלִשְׁמֹ֥רlish.MorH8104knowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847.

3For thelipsשִׂפְתֵ֣יsif.TeiH8193of astrangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanH2114drophoneyנֹ֣פֶתNo.fetH5317, andherH3588mouthחִכָּֽהּ׃chi.KahH2441issmootherוְחָלָ֖קve.cha.LakH2509thanH3588oilמִשֶּׁ֣מֶןmi.She.menH8081:

4But herlatterH319endוְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּVe.'a.cha.ri.tahH319isbitterמָרָ֣הma.RahH4751aswormwoodכַֽלַּעֲנָ֑הkha.la.'a.NahH3939,sharpחַ֝דָּ֗הcha.DahH2299as atwo-edgedפִּיּֽוֹת׃pi.YotH6310swordכְּחֶ֣רֶבke.Che.revH2719.

5HerH3381feetרַ֭גְלֶיהָRag.lei.haH7272goH3381downH3381todeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194;herH3381stepsצְעָדֶ֥יהָtze.'a.Dei.haH6806takeH3381holdיִתְמֹֽכוּ׃yit.Mo.khuH8551onSheolשְׁ֝א֗וֹלShe.olH7585;

6Soפֶּן־pen-H6435thatsheH3808findethnotH3808thelevelתְּפַלֵּ֑סte.fa.LesH6424pathאֹ֣רַח'O.rachH734oflifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416:herתֵדָֽע׃ פte.Da'H3045waysH734areunstableנָע֥וּna.'UH5128andsheH3808knoweth itnotH3808.

7Nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, mysonsH1121, hearken untomeH1121, anddepartתָּ֝ס֗וּרוּta.Su.ruH5493notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408from thewordsמֵאִמְרֵי־me.'im.rei-H561of mymouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.

8RemoveH7368thywayדַרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870farהַרְחֵ֣קhar.ChekH7368fromherH413, andcomeתִּ֝קְרַ֗בtik.RavH7126notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408nigh thedoorפֶּ֥תַחPe.tachH6607ofherH413houseבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bei.TahH1004:

9Lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thougiveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414thine honour untoothersלַאֲחֵרִ֣יםla.'a.che.RimH312, and thyyearsוּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָu.she.no.Tei.khaH8141unto thecruelלְאַכְזָרִֽי׃le.'akh.za.RiH394:

10Lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435strangersזָרִ֣יםza.RimH2114befilledיִשְׂבְּע֣וּyis.be.'UH7646with thystrengthכֹּחֶ֑ךָko.Che.khaH3581; and thy labours be in thehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004of analienנָכְרִֽי׃na.khe.RiH5237;

11And thou mourn at thylatterH319endבְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָve.'a.cha.ri.Te.khaH319, when thyfleshבְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗be.sa.re.khaH1320and thybodyH1320areconsumedבִּכְל֥וֹתbikh.LotH3615,

12Andsayוְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559,Howאֵ֭יךְ'eikhH349have Ihatedשָׂנֵ֣אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130instructionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148, and myheartלִבִּֽי׃li.BiH3820despisedנָאַ֥ץna.'AtzH5006reproofוְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַתve.to.Kha.chatH8433;

13Neitherוְֽלֹא־ve.lo.Sha'-H3808have Iobeyedשָׁ֭מַעְתִּיSha.ma'.tiH8085thevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963of myteachersוְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יve.lim.la.me.DaiH3925,norלֹא־lo'-H3808inclinedהִטִּ֥יתִיhi.Ti.tiH5186mineearאָזְנִֽי׃'a.ze.NiH241to them thatinstructedH3384meH6963!

14I was well nigh inallבְכָל־ve.khol-H3605evilרָ֑עRa'H7451in themidstבְּת֖וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of thecongregationוְעֵדָֽה׃ve.'e.DahH5712andassemblyקָהָ֣לka.HalH6951.

15Drinkשְׁתֵה־she.teh-H8354watersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325outH4325of thine owncisternמִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָmi.bo.Re.khaH953, and runningwatersH4325outH4325of thine ownwellבְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃be.'e.Re.khaH875.

16Should thyspringsמַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָma'.ye.no.Tei.khaH4599bedispersedיָפ֣וּצוּya.Fu.tzuH6327abroadH2351, and rivers ofwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325in thestreetsH2351?

17Letיִֽהְיוּ־yih.yu-H1961them be for thyselfaloneלְבַדֶּ֑ךָle.va.De.khaH905, andnotוְאֵ֖יןve.'EinH369forstrangersלְזָרִ֣יםle.za.RimH2114with thee.

18LetH8055thyfountainמְקוֹרְךָ֥me.kor.ChaH4726beblessedבָר֑וּךְva.RukhH1288; andrejoiceוּ֝שְׂמַ֗חu.se.MachH8055in thewifeמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetH802of thyyouthנְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ne.'u.Re.khaH5271.

19As alovingאֲהָבִ֗ים'a.ha.VimH158hind and a pleasantdoeוְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ve.ya.'a.Lat-H3280,letH6256herH3605breastsדַּ֭דֶּיהָDa.dei.haH1717satisfyיְרַוֻּ֣ךָye.ra.Vu.khaH7301thee atallH3605timesעֵ֑ת'EtH6256; and be thou ravishedalwaysתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548withherH3605loveבְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּbe.'a.ha.va.TahH160.

20Forwhyוְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mahH4100shouldest thou, mysonבְנִ֣יve.NiH1121, be ravished with astrangeבְזָרָ֑הve.za.RahH2114womanנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237, andembraceוּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗קu.te.cha.BekH2263thebosomחֵ֣קchekH2436of astrangerH5237?

21For thewaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofmanאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376arebeforeH5869theeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068, and he makethlevelמְפַלֵּֽס׃me.fa.LesH6424allוְֽכָל־ve.kholH3605hispathsמַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יוma'.ge.lo.TavH4570.

22His owniniquitiesעַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יוa.vo.no.TavH5771shalltakeיִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹyil.ke.du.NoH3920thewickedהָרָשָׁ֑עha.ra.Sha'H7563, and he shall be holden with thecordsוּבְחַבְלֵ֥יu.ve.chav.LeiH2256of hissinחַ֝טָּאת֗וֹcha.ta.ToH2403.

23He shalldieיָ֭מוּתYa.mutH4191forlackבְּאֵ֣יןbe.'EinH369ofinstructionמוּסָ֑רmu.SarH4148; and in thegreatnessוּבְרֹ֖בu.ve.RoH7230of hisfollyאִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ'i.val.ToH200he shallgoיִשְׁגֶּֽה׃ פyish.GehH7686astrayH7686.

Commentaries on Proverbs 5

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain