Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
to mock [the] wine to roar strong drink and all to wander in/on/with him not be wise
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
roaring like/as lion terror king be angry him to sin soul: life his
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
glory to/for man cessation from strife and all fool(ish) to quarrel
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
from autumn sluggish not to plow/plot (and to ask *QK) in/on/with harvest and nothing
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
water deep counsel in/on/with heart man and man understanding to draw (up/out) her
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
abundance man to call: call out man: anyone kindness his and man faithful who? to find
7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
to go: walk in/on/with integrity his righteous blessed son: child his after him
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
king to dwell upon throne judgment to scatter in/on/with eye his all bad: evil
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
who? to say to clean heart my be pure from sin my
10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
stone: weight and stone: weight ephah and ephah abomination LORD also two their
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
also in/on/with deed his to recognize youth if pure and if upright work his
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
ear to hear: hear and eye to see: see LORD to make also two their
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
not to love: lover sleep lest to possess: poor to open eye your to satisfy food: bread
14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
bad: harmful bad: harmful to say [the] to buy and be gone to/for him then to boast: boast
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
there gold and abundance jewel and article/utensil preciousness lips knowledge
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
to take: take garment his for to pledge be a stranger and about/through/for (foreign *QK) to pledge him
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
sweet to/for man food: bread deception and after to fill lip his gravel
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
plot in/on/with counsel to establish: establish and in/on/with counsel to make battle
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
to reveal: reveal counsel to go: went slander and to/for to open wide lip: words his not to pledge
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
to lighten father his and mother his to put out lamp his (in/on/with pupil *QK) darkness
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
inheritance (to dismay *QK) in/on/with first and end her not to bless
22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
not to say to complete bad: evil to await to/for LORD and to save to/for you
23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
abomination LORD stone: weight and stone: weight and balance deceit not pleasant
24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
from LORD step great man and man what? to understand way: conduct his
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
snare man to blurt holiness and after vow to/for to enquire
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
to scatter wicked king wise and to return: return upon them wheel
27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
lamp LORD breath man to search all chamber belly: abdomen
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
kindness and truth: faithful to watch king and to support in/on/with kindness throne his
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
beauty youth strength their and glory old greyheaded
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
wound wound (cosmetic *QK) in/on/with bad: evil and wound chamber belly: abdomen
