Proverbs 23
1 When you sit down for a meal with a ruler, look carefully at what is placed before you,
for to dwell to/for to feed on with to rule to understand to understand [obj] which to/for face: before your
2 and cut down if you have a big appetite.
and to set: put knife in/on/with throat your if master: men soul: appetite you(m. s.)
3 Don't be greedy for his fancy food, for it's offered with deceptive motives.
not (to desire *QK) to/for delicacy his and he/she/it food lie
4 Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich—be wise enough not to bother!
not be weary/toil to/for to enrich from understanding your to cease
5 It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
( to fly *QK) eye your in/on/with him and nothing he for to make to make to/for him wing like/as eagle (to fly *QK) [the] heaven
6 Don't accept meal invitations from miserly people; don't be greedy for their fancy food,
not to feed on [obj] food: bread bad: evil eye: appearance and not (to desire *QK) to/for delicacy his
7 for what they're thinking inside is what they really are. They say, “Come on, eat and drink!”—but in their minds they don't really care about you.
for like to calculate in/on/with soul his so he/she/it to eat and to drink to say to/for you and heart his not with you
8 You'll vomit up the little pieces you've eaten, and your kind words of appreciation will be wasted.
morsel your to eat to vomit her and to ruin word your [the] pleasant
9 Don't talk to stupid people because they'll ridicule your wise words.
in/on/with ear: hearing fool not to speak: speak for to despise to/for understanding speech your
10 Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,
not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity and in/on/with land: country orphan not to come (in): come
11 for their Protector is powerful and he will plead their case against you.
for to redeem: redeem their strong he/she/it to contend [obj] strife their with you
12 Focus your mind on instruction; listen intently to words of knowledge.
to come (in): bring [emph?] to/for discipline: instruction heart your and ear your to/for word knowledge
13 Don't keep from disciplining your children—a beating won't kill them.
not to withhold from youth discipline for to smite him in/on/with tribe: staff not to die
you(m. s.) in/on/with tribe: staff to smite him and soul his from hell: Sheol to rescue (Sheol h7585)
15 My son, if you think wisely then I'll be happy;
son: child my if be wise heart your to rejoice heart my also I
16 I'll be delighted when you say what's right.
and to exult kidney my in/on/with to speak: speak lips your uprightness
17 Don't think enviously of sinners, but always remember to honor the Lord,
not be jealous heart your in/on/with sinner that if: except if: except in/on/with fear LORD all [the] day
18 for there's definitely a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.
that if: except if: except there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
19 Pay attention, my son, and be wise; make sure your mind concentrates on following the right way.
to hear: hear you(m. s.) son: child my and be wise and to bless in/on/with way: conduct heart your
20 Don't join in with people who drink too much wine or who stuff themselves with meat.
not to be in/on/with to imbibe wine in/on/with be vile flesh to/for them
21 For people who get drunk and overeat lose all they've got, and they spend so much time dozing that all they have left to wear is rags.
for to imbibe and be vile to possess: poor and rags to clothe drowsiness
22 Pay attention to your father, and don't disregard your mother when she's old.
to hear: hear to/for father your this to beget you and not to despise for be old mother your
23 Invest in truth—and don't sell it! Invest in wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
truth: true to buy and not to sell wisdom and discipline: instruction and understanding
24 Children who do right make their fathers very happy; a wise son brings joy to his father.
(to rejoice to rejoice *Qk) father righteous (and to beget *QK) wise (to rejoice *QK) in/on/with to rejoice
25 Make your father and mother happy; bring joy to her who gave birth to you.
to rejoice father your and mother your and to rejoice to beget you
26 My son, give me your undivided attention, and cheerfully follow my example.
to give: give [emph?] son: child my heart your to/for me and eye your way: conduct my (to watch *QK)
27 A prostitute is like being trapped in a pit; an immoral woman is like getting stuck a narrow well,
for pit deep to fornicate and well narrow foreign
28 Like a robber, she lies in wait ready to ambush men and make more of them unfaithful to their wives.
also he/she/it like/as robber to ambush and to act treacherously in/on/with man to add
29 Who's in trouble? Who's in pain? Who's arguing? Who's complaining? Who's injured for no reason? Who's got bloodshot eyes?
to/for who? woe! to/for who? pain! to/for who? (contention *QK) to/for who? complaint to/for who? wound for nothing to/for who? dullness eye
30 —those who spend a long time drinking wine, those who are always trying some new cocktail.
to/for to delay upon [the] wine to/for to come (in): come to/for to search mixed drink
31 Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.
not to see: see wine for to redden for to give: do (in/on/with cup *QK) eye his to go: went in/on/with uprightness
32 In the end it bites like a serpent, it stings like a snake.
end his like/as serpent to bite and like/as serpent to pierce
33 You'll hallucinate, seeing strange things, and your confused mind will make you say all kinds of craziness.
eye your to see: see be a stranger and heart your to speak: speak perversity
34 You'll stumble around like you're on the rolling ocean, you'll be tossed about like someone lying down at the top of a ship's mast, saying,
and to be like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with heart sea and like/as to lie down: lay down in/on/with head: top mast
35 “People punched me, but it didn't hurt me; they beat me, but I didn't feel a thing. I've got to get up because I need another drink.”
to smite me not be weak: ill to smite me not to know how to awake to add to seek him still
