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
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for 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
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
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 ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
4 not to answer fool like/as folly his lest be like to/for him also you(m. s.)
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like to 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 be wise in his own conceit.
6 to cut off foot violence to drink to send: depart word in/on/with hand fool
He that sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks damage.
7 to languish leg from lame and proverb in/on/with lip fool
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 like/as to constrain stone in/on/with sling so to give: give to/for fool glory
As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool.
9 thistle to ascend: rise in/on/with hand drunken and proverb in/on/with lip fool
As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
10 archer to bore all and to hire fool and to hire to pass
The great God that formed all things both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.
11 like/as dog to return: return upon vomit his fool to repeat in/on/with folly his
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.
12 to see: see man wise in/on/with eye his hope to/for fool from him
See you a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
13 to say sluggish lion in/on/with way: road lion between [the] street/plaza
The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14 [the] door to turn: turn upon hinge her and sluggish upon bed his
As the door turns on his hinges, so does the slothful 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 slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
16 wise sluggish in/on/with eye his from seven to return: reply taste
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
17 to strengthen: hold in/on/with ear dog to pass: bring be angry upon strife not to/for him
He that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
18 like/as to amaze [the] to shoot missile arrow and death
As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 so man to deceive [obj] neighbor his and to say not to laugh I
So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am not I in sport?
20 in/on/with end tree: wood to quench fire and in/on/with nothing to grumble be quiet strife
Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
21 coal to/for coal and tree: wood to/for fire and man (contention *QK) to/for to scorch strife
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
22 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
23 silver: money dross to overlay upon earthenware lips to burn/pursue and heart bad: evil
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24 (in/on/with lips his *QK) to alienate to hate and in/on/with entrails: among his to set: put deceit
He that hates dissembles with his lips, and lays up deceit within him;
25 for be gracious voice his not be faithful in/on/with him for seven abomination in/on/with heart his
When he speaks fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 to cover hating in/on/with guile to reveal: reveal distress: evil his in/on/with assembly
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the whole congregation.
27 to pierce pit: grave in/on/with her to fall: fall and to roll stone to(wards) him to return: return
Whoever digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return on him.
28 tongue deception to hate crushed his and lip smooth to make ruin
A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
