Proverbs 23
1 for to dwell to/for to feed on with to rule to understand to understand [obj] which to/for face: before your
When you sit down for a meal with a ruler, look carefully at what is placed before you,
2 and to set: put knife in/on/with throat your if master: men soul: appetite you(m. s.)
and cut down if you have a big appetite.
3 not (to desire *QK) to/for delicacy his and he/she/it food lie
Don't be greedy for his fancy food, for it's offered with deceptive motives.
4 not be weary/toil to/for to enrich from understanding your to cease
Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich—be wise enough not to bother!
5 ( 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
It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
6 not to feed on [obj] food: bread bad: evil eye: appearance and not (to desire *QK) to/for delicacy his
Don't accept meal invitations from miserly people; don't be greedy for their fancy food,
7 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
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.
8 morsel your to eat to vomit her and to ruin word your [the] pleasant
You'll vomit up the little pieces you've eaten, and your kind words of appreciation will be wasted.
9 in/on/with ear: hearing fool not to speak: speak for to despise to/for understanding speech your
Don't talk to stupid people because they'll ridicule your wise words.
10 not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity and in/on/with land: country orphan not to come (in): come
Don't move ancient boundary markers, and don't encroach on fields belonging to orphans,
11 for to redeem: redeem their strong he/she/it to contend [obj] strife their with you
for their Protector is powerful and he will plead their case against you.
12 to come (in): bring [emph?] to/for discipline: instruction heart your and ear your to/for word knowledge
Focus your mind on instruction; listen intently to words of knowledge.
13 not to withhold from youth discipline for to smite him in/on/with tribe: staff not to die
Don't keep from disciplining your children—a beating won't kill them.
14 you(m. s.) in/on/with tribe: staff to smite him and soul his from hell: Sheol to rescue (Sheol h7585)
If you use physical correction you can save them from death. (Sheol h7585)
15 son: child my if be wise heart your to rejoice heart my also I
My son, if you think wisely then I'll be happy;
16 and to exult kidney my in/on/with to speak: speak lips your uprightness
I'll be delighted when you say what's right.
17 not be jealous heart your in/on/with sinner that if: except if: except in/on/with fear LORD all [the] day
Don't think enviously of sinners, but always remember to honor the Lord,
18 that if: except if: except there end and hope your not to cut: eliminate
for there's definitely a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.
19 to hear: hear you(m. s.) son: child my and be wise and to bless in/on/with way: conduct heart your
Pay attention, my son, and be wise; make sure your mind concentrates on following the right way.
20 not to be in/on/with to imbibe wine in/on/with be vile flesh to/for them
Don't join in with people who drink too much wine or who stuff themselves with meat.
21 for to imbibe and be vile to possess: poor and rags to clothe drowsiness
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.
22 to hear: hear to/for father your this to beget you and not to despise for be old mother your
Pay attention to your father, and don't disregard your mother when she's old.
23 truth: true to buy and not to sell wisdom and discipline: instruction and understanding
Invest in truth—and don't sell it! Invest in wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
24 (to rejoice to rejoice *Qk) father righteous (and to beget *QK) wise (to rejoice *QK) in/on/with to rejoice
Children who do right make their fathers very happy; a wise son brings joy to his father.
25 to rejoice father your and mother your and to rejoice to beget you
Make your father and mother happy; bring joy to her who gave birth to you.
26 to give: give [emph?] son: child my heart your to/for me and eye your way: conduct my (to watch *QK)
My son, give me your undivided attention, and cheerfully follow my example.
27 for pit deep to fornicate and well narrow foreign
A prostitute is like being trapped in a pit; an immoral woman is like getting stuck a narrow well,
28 also he/she/it like/as robber to ambush and to act treacherously in/on/with man to add
Like a robber, she lies in wait ready to ambush men and make more of them unfaithful to their wives.
29 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
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?
30 to/for to delay upon [the] wine to/for to come (in): come to/for to search mixed drink
—those who spend a long time drinking wine, those who are always trying some new cocktail.
31 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
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.
32 end his like/as serpent to bite and like/as serpent to pierce
In the end it bites like a serpent, it stings like a snake.
33 eye your to see: see be a stranger and heart your to speak: speak perversity
You'll hallucinate, seeing strange things, and your confused mind will make you say all kinds of craziness.
34 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
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,
35 to smite me not be weak: ill to smite me not to know how to awake to add to seek him still
“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.”
