Proverbs 4
Under each verse is the Hebrew source text word by word, from right to left: each prefix, stem and suffix with its transliteration, English gloss, Extended Strong's number and morphology code. Source text: STEPBible's TAHOT (CC BY 4.0)
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- 1Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
- 2For good learning I have given to you, My law forsake not.
- 3For, a son I have been to my father -- tender, And an only one before my mother.
- 4And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.
- 5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
- 6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
- 7The first thing `is' wisdom -- get wisdom, And with all thy getting get understanding.
- 8Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
- סַלְסְלֶ֥הָ
- וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּ
- תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָ
- כִּ֣י
- כִּ֣יkiifH3588A
- תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃
- 9She giveth to thy head a wreath of grace, A crown of beauty she doth give thee freely.
- 10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee.
- 11In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
- 12In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.
- 13Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life.
- 14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.
- 15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
- 16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.
- כִּ֤י
- כִּ֤יkiforH3588A
- לֹ֣א
- לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
- יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ
- יִֽ֭שְׁנוּYish.nuthey will sleepH3462
- אִם־
- אִם'im-ifH0518J
- לֹ֣א
- לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
- יָרֵ֑עוּ
- יָרֵ֑עוּya.Re.'uthey do harmH7489A
- וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה
- שְׁ֝נָתָ֗ם
- אִם־
- אִם'im-ifH0518J
- לֹ֥א
- לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
- יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃Qere, written (Ketiv): יִכְשׁוֹלוּ׃
- יַכְשִֽׁילוּyikh.sho.luthey bring injuryH3782
- כִּ֤י
- 17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
- 18And the path of the righteous `is' as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
- 19The way of the wicked `is' as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
- 20My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
- 21Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
- 22For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
- 23Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it `are' the outgoings of life.
- 24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
- 25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- 26Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established.
- 27Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!
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