Proverbs 26
1 Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory
2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
like/as bird to/for to wander like/as swallow to/for to fly so curse for nothing (to/for him *QK) to come (in): come
3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool
4 Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
9 Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
10 As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
[the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
17 Like one who grabs a dog’s ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *QK) to/for to scorch strife
22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.
(in/on/with lips his *QK) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
25 When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
