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 dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, 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 birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.

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

As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so [is] a rod for a simple nation.

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 become like him.

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

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem 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 a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

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

[As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.

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

He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.

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

Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.

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

All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nothing.

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

As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame [that is] glory and grace.]

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

I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.

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

A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets.

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

As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard 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

A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.

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

A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

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

As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause.

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

As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;

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

so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

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

With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

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

A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.

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

The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they strike [even] to the inmost parts of the bowels.

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

Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.

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

A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.

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

Though [your] enemy entreat you with a loud voice, consent 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

He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.

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

He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.

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

A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.