H0518A–אִם–im

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

If thou hast been wise, thou hast been wise for thyself, And thou hast scorned -- thyself bearest `it'.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

אִם־ 'im- “if”

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou `art' a man of appetite.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If `from' delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

So `is' the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

אִ֥ם 'im “if”

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

Also, if two lie down, then they have heat, but how hath one heat?

אִם־ 'im- “if”

And if the one strengthen himself, the two stand against him; and the threefold cord is not hastily broken.

וְאִֽם־ (אִֽם) 'im- “though”

If oppression of the poor, and violent taking away of judgment and righteousness thou seest in a province, do not marvel at the matter, for a higher than the high is observing, and high ones `are' over them.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Sweet `is' the sleep of the labourer whether he eat little or much; and the sufficiency of the wealthy is not suffering him to sleep.

אִם־ 'im- “whether”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or”

If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, `Better than he `is' the untimely birth.'

אִם־ 'im- “if”

then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If the iron hath been blunt, And he the face hath not sharpened, Then doth he increase strength, And wisdom `is' advantageous to make right.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If the serpent biteth without enchantment, Then there is no advantage to a master of the tongue.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty `themselves'; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “whether”וְאִ֣ם (אִ֣ם) 'Im “or”