Proverbs 26

1 like/as snow in/on/with summer and like/as rain in/on/with harvest so not lovely to/for fool glory

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

2 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

Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

3 whip to/for horse bridle to/for donkey and tribe: staff to/for back fool

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

4 not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

5 to answer fool like/as folly his lest to be wise in/on/with eye his

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

6 to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool

Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7 to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8 like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory

Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool

Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10 archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

11 like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

12 to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza

The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

14 [the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his

As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

15 to hide sluggish hand his in/on/with dish be weary to/for to return: return her to(wards) lip his

The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

16 wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

17 to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

19 so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I

so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

20 in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

21 coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *QK) to/for to scorch strife

Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

23 silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil

Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

24 (in/on/with lips his *QK) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit

A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

25 for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

26 to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly

Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27 to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

28 tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.