15Bylongבְּאֹ֣רֶךְbe.'O.rekhH753forbearingאַ֭פַּיִם'A.pa.yimH639is aprinceקָצִ֑יןka.TzinH7101persuadedיְפֻתֶּ֣הye.fu.TehH6601, and asoftרַ֝כָּ֗הra.KahH7390tongueוְלָשׁ֥וֹןve.la.ShonH3956breakethתִּשְׁבָּר־tish.bor-H7665theboneגָּֽרֶם׃Ga.remH1634.
16Hast thoufoundמָ֭צָאתָMa.tza.taH4672honeyדְּבַ֣שׁde.VashH1706?eatאֱכֹ֣ל'e.KholH398so much as issufficientדַּיֶּ֑ךָּdai.Ye.kaH1767for thee, lest thou befilledתִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּtis.ba.'E.nuH7646with it, andvomitוַהֲקֵֽאתֽוֹ׃va.ha.Ke.ToH6958it.
17Withdrawהֹקַ֣רho.KarH3365thyfootרַ֭גְלְךָRag.le.khaH7272from thyneighbour’sרֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaH7453houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004; lest he bewearyיִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗yis.ba.'a.khaH7646of thee, and sohateוּשְׂנֵאֶֽךָ׃u.se.ne.'E.khaH8130thee.
18Amanאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376thatbearethעֹנֶ֥ה'o.NehH6030falseשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267witnessעֵ֣ד'edH5707against hisneighbourבְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּve.re.'E.huH7453is aclubמֵפִ֣יץme.FitzH4650, and aswordוְ֭חֶרֶבVe.che.revH2719, and asharpשָׁנ֑וּןsha.NunH8150arrowוְחֵ֣ץve.ChetzH2671.
19Confidenceמִבְטָ֥חmiv.TachH4009in an unfaithfulmanבּ֝וֹגֵ֗דbo.GedH898intimeבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117oftroubleצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869is like abrokenרֹ֭עָהRo.'ahH7465toothשֵׁ֣ןshenH8127, and afootוְרֶ֣גֶלve.Re.gelH7272out ofjointH4154.
20As he that takethawayמַ֥עֲדֶהMa.'a.dehH5710agarmentבֶּ֨גֶד׀Be.gedH899incoldקָ֭רָהKa.rahH7135weatherבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117, and asvinegarחֹ֣מֶץCho.metzH2558uponsodaנָ֑תֶרNa.terH5427, so is he thatsingethוְשָׁ֥רve.SharH7891songsבַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗יםba.shi.RimH7892to anheavyרָֽע׃ פRa'H7451heartלֶב־lev-H3820.
21If thyenemyשֹׂ֭נַאֲךָSo.na.'a.khaH8130shallhungerרָעֵ֣בra.'EvH7457, give himbreadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899toeatהַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּha.'a.khi.Le.huH398; and if he shallthirstצָ֝מֵ֗אtza.Me'H6771, give himwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325todrinkהַשְׁקֵ֥הוּhash.Ke.huH8248:
22For thou shaltheapחֹתֶ֣הcho.TehH2846coals offireגֶֽחָלִ֗יםge.cha.LimH1513upon hisheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218, and theLORDוַֽ֝יהוָ֗הva.Yah.wehH3068shallrewardיְשַׁלֶּם־ye.sha.lem-H7999thee.
23Thenorthצָ֭פוֹןTza.fonH6828windר֣וּחַRu.achH7307drivethawayתְּח֣וֹלֵֽלte.Cho.lelH2342rainגָּ֑שֶׁםGa.shemH1653: so doth anangryנִ֝זְעָמִ֗יםniz.'a.MimH2194countenanceוּפָנִ֥יםu.fa.NimH6440abackbitingסָֽתֶר׃Sa.terH5643tongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956.
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