Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 5:1-14

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.

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