Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 6:1-6

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifH518thou artbecomeH6148suretyעָרַ֣בְתָּ'a.Rav.taH6148for thy neighbour,ifH518thou hast stricken thyhandsכַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ka.Pei.khaH3709for a stranger,

2Thou artsnaredנוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּno.Kash.taH3369with thewordsבְאִמְרֵי־ve.'im.rei-H561of thymouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310, thou arttakenנִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּnil.Kad.taH3920with thewordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561of thymouthפִֽיךָ׃Fi.khaH6310.

3Doעֲשֵׂ֨ה'a.SehH6213thisnowH3588, mysonבְּנִ֡יbe.NiH1121, anddeliverוְֽהִנָּצֵ֗לve.hi.na.TzelH5337thyself,seeingH3588thou artcomeבָ֤אתָVa.taH935intoH935thehandבְכַף־ve.khaf-H3709of thy neighbour;goH935,humbleהִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗סhit.ra.PesH7511thyself, andimportuneוּרְהַ֥בu.re.HavH7292thy neighbour.

4Giveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414notH408sleepשֵׁנָ֣הshe.NahH8142to thineeyesלְעֵינֶ֑יךָle.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,norH408slumberוּ֝תְנוּמָ֗הu.te.nu.MahH8572to thineeyelidsלְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃le.'af.'a.Pei.khaH6079.

5Deliverהִ֭נָּצֵלHi.na.tzelH5337thyself as a roe from thehandמִיָּ֑דmi.YadH3027of the hunter, and as abirdוּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹרu.khe.tzi.PorH6833from thehandמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of thefowlerיָקֽוּשׁ׃ פya.KushH3353.

6Go to theantנְמָלָ֥הne.ma.LahH5244, thousluggardעָצֵ֑ל'a.TzelH6102;considerרְאֵ֖הre.'EhH7200herאֶל־'el-H413waysדְרָכֶ֣יהָde.ra.Khei.haH1870, and bewiseוַחֲכָֽם׃va.cha.KhamH2449:

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