Proverbs 23
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- 1When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
- 2And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
- 3Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
- 4Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
- 5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
- הֲתָ֤עִיףQere, written (Ketiv): הֲתָעוּף
- עֵינֶ֥יךָ
- בּ֗וֹ
- וְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּ
- כִּ֤י
- כִּ֤יkiforH3588A
- עָשֹׂ֣ה
- עָשֹׂ֣ה'a.Sohcertainly <to make>H6213H
- יַעֲשֶׂה־
- יַעֲשֶׂהya.'a.seh-it makesH6213H
- לּ֣וֹ
- כְנָפַ֑יִם
- כְנָפַ֑יִםkhe.na.Fa.yimwingsH3671
- כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר
- יָע֥וּףQere, written (Ketiv): וְעָיֵף
- יָע֥וּףve.'a.yefit flies awayH5774A
- הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
- 6Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
- 7For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
- 8The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
- פִּֽתְּךָ־
- אָכַ֥לְתָּ
- אָכַ֥לְתָּ'a.Khal.ta[which] you have eatenH0398
- תְקִיאֶ֑נָּה
- וְ֝שִׁחַ֗תָּ
- דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ
- הַנְּעִימִֽים׃
- 9Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
- 10Do not let the landmark of the widow be moved, and do not go into the fields of those who have no father;
- 11For their saviour is strong, and he will take up their cause against you.
- 12Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
- 13Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
- 14Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld.
- 15My son, if your heart becomes wise, I, even I, will be glad in heart;
- 16And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.
- 17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
- 18For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
- 19Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.
- 20Do not be among those who give themselves to wine-drinking, or among those who make themselves full with meat:
- 21For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
- 22Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.
- 23Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
- 24The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.
- גִּ֣ילQere, written (Ketiv): גּוֹל
- גִּ֣ילgoylcertainly <to rejoice>H1523
- יָ֭גִילQere, written (Ketiv): יָגוֹל
- יָ֭גִילya.goylhe rejoicesH1523
- אֲבִ֣י
- אֲבִ֣י'a.Vi[the] father ofH0001G
- צַדִּ֑יק
- צַדִּ֑יקtza.Dika righteous [son]H6662
- וְיוֹלֵ֥דQere, written (Ketiv): יוֹלֵד
- חָ֝כָ֗ם
- חָ֝כָ֗םcha.Khama wise [son]H2450
- יִשְׂמַחQere, written (Ketiv): וְיִשְׂמַח
- יִשְׂמַחve.yis.mach-he rejoicesH8055
- בּֽוֹ׃
- גִּ֣ילQere, written (Ketiv): גּוֹל
- 25Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
- 26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.
- תְּנָֽה־
- בְנִ֣י
- לִבְּךָ֣
- לִ֑י
- וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָ
- דְּרָכַ֥י
- תִּצֹּֽרְנָה׃Qere, written (Ketiv): תִּרְצֶנָה׃
- תִּצֹּֽרְנָהtir.tze.nahlet them observeH5341
- 27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
- 28Yes, she is waiting secretly like a beast for its food, and deceit by her is increased among men.
- 29Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
- לְמִ֨י
- א֥וֹי
- א֥וֹי'owoeH0188
- לְמִ֪י
- אֲב֡וֹי
- אֲב֡וֹי'a.Vowoe!H0017
- לְמִ֤י
- מִדְיָנִ֨יםQere, written (Ketiv): מְדוֹנִים
- מִדְיָנִ֨יםmi.do.nimcontentionsH4079
- לְמִ֥י
- שִׂ֗יחַ
- שִׂ֗יחַSi.achcomplaintH7879
- לְ֭מִי
- פְּצָעִ֣ים
- פְּצָעִ֣יםpe.tza.'ImwoundsH6482
- חִנָּ֑ם
- חִנָּ֑םchi.Namwithout causeH2600
- לְ֝מִ֗י
- חַכְלִל֥וּת
- חַכְלִל֥וּתchakh.li.Lutdullness ofH2448
- עֵינָֽיִם׃
- עֵינָֽיִם'ei.Na.yimeyesH5869A
- 30Those who are seated late over the wine: those who go looking for mixed wine.
- 31Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
- אַל־
- אַל'al-may notH0408
- תֵּ֥רֶא
- תֵּ֥רֶאTe.re'you seeH7200G
- יַיִן֮
- יַיִן֮ya.YinwineH3196
- כִּ֪י
- כִּ֪יkiforH3588A
- יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥ם
- יִתְאַ֫דָּ֥םyit.'A.Damit will be redH0119
- כִּֽי־
- כִּֽיki-ifH3588A
- יִתֵּ֣ן
- יִתֵּ֣ןyi.Tenit will giveH5414P
- בַּכּ֣וֹסQere, written (Ketiv): בַּכִּיס
- עֵינ֑וֹ
- יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְ
- יִ֝תְהַלֵּ֗ךְyit.ha.Lekhit will goH1980G
- בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃
- אַל־
- 32In the end, its bite is like that of a snake, its wound like the wound of a poison-snake.
- 33Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.
- 34Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.
- 35They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.
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