24Thehandיַד־yad-H3027of thediligentחָרוּצִ֥יםcha.ru.TzimH2742shall bearruleתִּמְשׁ֑וֹלtim.SholH4910: but theslothfulו֝רְמִיָּ֗הu.re.mi.YahH7423shall be put to forcedlabourלָמַֽס׃la.MasH4522.
25Heavinessדְּאָגָ֣הde.'a.GahH1674in theheartבְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820ofmanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376weigheth itdownיַשְׁחֶ֑נָּהyash.Che.nahH7812: but agoodט֣וֹבTovH2896wordוְדָבָ֖רve.da.VarH1697maketh itgladיְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃ye.sam.me.Che.nahH8055.
26Therighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662is moreexcellentיָתֵ֣רya.TerH8446than hisneighbourמֵרֵעֵ֣הוּme.re.'E.huH7453: but thewayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563seducethתַּתְעֵֽם׃tat.'EmH8582them.
27Theslothfulרְמִיָּ֣הre.mi.YahH7423manroastethיַחֲרֹ֣ךְya.cha.RokhH2760not that which he took inhuntingצֵיד֑וֹtzei.DoH6718: but thesubstanceוְהוֹן־ve.hon-H1952of adiligentחָרֽוּץ׃cha.RutzH2742manאָדָ֖ם'a.DamH120ispreciousיָקָ֣רya.KarH3368.
28In thewayבְּאֹֽרַח־be.'o.rach-H734ofrighteousnessצְדָקָ֥הtze.da.KahH6666islifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416; and in thepathwayוְדֶ֖רֶךְ נְתִיבָ֣הve.De.rekh ne.ti.VahH5410H1870of it there is nodeathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194.
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