H9002–/וְ–v

For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

וְיֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

And the path of the righteous `is' as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

וְאֹ֣רַח (וְ) ve. “and”וָ֝א֗וֹר (וָ֝) va. “and”

For life they `are' to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

וּֽלְכָל־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

וּלְז֥וּת (וּ) u. “and”

Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways `are' established.

וְֽכָל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

וּשְׂמֹ֑אול (וּ) u. “and”

To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

וְ֝דַ֗עַת (וְ֝) ve. “and”

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

וְחָלָ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”

And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.

וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ (וְֽ֭) Ve. “and”

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ (וּ֝) u. “and”

Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ (וַ֝) va. “and”

And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,

וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת (וְ֝) ve. “and”

And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.

וְעֵדָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.

וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח (וּ֝) u. “and”

A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

וְלָ֤מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק (וּ֝) u. “<so>”

For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

וְֽכָל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”