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A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

A wicked H7563 man H376 hardeneth H5810 (HiphPerf) his face: H6440 but [as for] the upright, H3477 he directeth H995 (QalImpf) (Qere) H3559 (HiphImpf) his way. H1870

A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright-he prepareth his way.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

The rich H6223 ruleth H4910 (QalImpf) over the poor, H7326 (QalActPtc) and the borrower H3867 (QalPtc) [is] servant H5650 to the lender. H376 H3867 (HiphPtc)

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.

Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,

Make no friendship H7462 (HithImpf) with an angry H639 man; H1167 and with a furious H2534 man H376 thou shalt not go: H935 (QalImpf)

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Seest H2372 (QalPerf) thou a man H376 diligent H4106 in his business? H4399 he shall stand H3320 (HithImpf) before H6440 kings; H4428 he shall not stand H3320 (HithImpf) before H6440 mean H2823 [men].

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Be not thou envious H7065 (PielImpf) against evil H7451 men, H582 neither desire H183 (HithImpf) to be with them.

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,

A wise H2450 man H1397 [is] strong; H5797 yea, a man H376 of knowledge H1847 increaseth H553 (PielPtc) strength. H3581

Mighty is the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

Say H559 (QalImpf) not, I will do H6213 (QalImpf) so to him as he hath done H6213 (QalPerf) to me: I will render H7725 (HiphImpf) to the man H376 according to his work. H6467

Say not, ‘As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.’

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

I went H5674 (QalPerf) by the field H7704 of the slothful, H376 H6102 and by the vineyard H3754 of the man H120 void H2638 of understanding; H3820

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.

So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 (QalPerf) [as] one that travelleth; H1980 (HithPtc) and thy want H4270 as an armed H4043 man. H376

And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

These [are] also proverbs H4912 of Solomon, H8010 which the men H582 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 copied out. H6275 (HiphPerf)

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed:-

As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.

Whoso H376 boasteth H1984 (HithPtc) himself of a false H8267 gift H4991 [is like] clouds H5387 and wind H7307 without rain. H1653

Clouds and wind, and rain there is none, Is a man boasting himself in a false gift.

A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

A man H376 that beareth H6030 (QalActPtc) false H8267 witness H5707 against his neighbour H7453 [is] a maul, H4650 and a sword, H2719 and a sharp H8150 (QalActPtc) arrow. H2671

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, Is the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

He H376 that [hath] no rule H4623 over his own spirit H7307 [is like] a city H5892 [that is] broken down, H6555 (QalPasPtc) [and] without walls. H2346

A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit!

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Seest H7200 (QalPerf) thou a man H376 wise H2450 in his own conceit? H5869 [there is] more hope H8615 of a fool H3684 than of him.

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

So [is] the man H376 [that] deceiveth H7411 (PielPerf) his neighbour, H7453 and saith, H559 (QalPerf) Am not I in sport? H7832 (PielPtc)

So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, ‘Am not I playing?’

As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

[As] coals H6352 [are] to burning coals, H1513 and wood H6086 to fire; H784 so [is] a contentious H4079 (Qere) H4066 man H376 to kindle H2787 (PilpInf) strife. H7379

Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

As a bird H6833 that wandereth H5074 (QalActPtc) from her nest, H7064 so [is] a man H376 that wandereth H5074 (QalActPtc) from his place. H4725

As a bird wandering from her nest, So is a man wandering from his place.

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

Iron H1270 sharpeneth H2300 (QalImpf) iron; H1270 so a man H376 sharpeneth H2300 (HiphImpf) the countenance H6440 of his friend. H7453

Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

[As] the fining pot H4715 for silver, H3701 and the furnace H3564 for gold; H2091 so [is] a man H376 to H6310 his praise. H4110

A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

Evil H7451 men H582 understand H995 (QalImpf) not judgment: H4941 but they that seek H1245 (PielPtc) the Lord H3068 understand H995 (QalImpf) all [things].

Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

The rich H6223 man H376 [is] wise H2450 in his own conceit; H5869 but the poor H1800 that hath understanding H995 (HiphPtc) searcheth him out. H2713 (QalImpf)

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

A faithful H530 man H376 shall abound H7227 with blessings: H1293 but he that maketh haste H213 (QalPtc) to be rich H6238 (HiphInf) shall not be innocent. H5352 (NiphImpf)

A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

He H376 that hasteth H926 (NiphPtc) to be rich H1952 [hath] an evil H7451 eye, H5869 and considereth H3045 (QalImpf) not that poverty H2639 shall come H935 (QalImpf) upon him.

Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.

Whoso robbeth H1497 (QalActPtc) his father H1 or his mother, H517 and saith, H559 (QalActPtc) [It is] no transgression; H6588 the same [is] the companion H2270 of a destroyer. H376 H7843 (HiphPtc)

Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, ‘It is not transgression,’ A companion he is to a destroyer.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

He, H376 that being often reproved H8433 hardeneth H7185 (HiphPtc) [his] neck, H6203 shall suddenly H6621 be destroyed, H7665 (NiphImpf) and that without remedy. H4832

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Whoso H376 loveth H157 (QalActPtc) wisdom H2451 rejoiceth H8055 (PielImpf) his father: H1 but he that keepeth company H7462 (QalActPtc) with harlots H2181 (QalActPtc) spendeth H6 (PielImpf) [his] substance. H1952

A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

The king H4428 by judgment H4941 establisheth H5975 (HiphImpf) the land: H776 but he H376 that receiveth gifts H8641 overthroweth H2040 (QalImpf) it.

A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.

An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

In the transgression H6588 of an evil H7451 man H376 [there is] a snare: H4170 but the righteous H6662 doth sing H7442 (QalImpf) and rejoice. H8056

In the transgression of the evil is a snare, And the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

[If] a wise H2450 man H376 contendeth H8199 (NiphPtc) with a foolish H191 man, H376 whether he rage H7264 (QalPerf) or laugh, H7832 (QalPerf) [there is] no rest. H5183

A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

The bloodthirsty H582 H1818 hate H8130 (QalImpf) the upright: H8535 but the just H3477 seek H1245 (PielImpf) his soul. H5315

Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

The poor H7326 (QalActPtc) and the deceitful H8501 man H376 meet together: H6298 (NiphPerf) the Lord H3068 lighteneth H215 (HiphPtc) both H8147 their eyes. H5869

The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Seest H2372 (QalPerf) thou a man H376 [that is] hasty H213 (QalPtc) in his words? H1697 [there is] more hope H8615 of a fool H3684 than of him.

Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

An angry H639 man H376 stirreth up H1624 (PielImpf) strife, H4066 and a furious H2534 man H1167 aboundeth in H7227 transgression. H6588

An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh.

Many H7227 seek H1245 (PielPtc) the ruler’s H4910 (QalActPtc) favour; H6440 but [every] man’s H376 judgment H4941 [cometh] from the Lord. H3068

Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah is the judgment of each.

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

An unjust H5766 man H376 [is] an abomination H8441 to the just: H6662 and [he that is] upright H3477 in the way H1870 [is] abomination H8441 to the wicked. H7563

An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!

“Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don’t have a man’s understanding.

Surely I [am] more brutish H1198 than [any] man, H376 and have not the understanding H998 of a man. H120

For I am more brutish than any one, And have not the understanding of a man.

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

All things H1697 [are] full of labour; H3023 man H376 cannot H3201 (QalImpf) utter H1696 (PielInf) [it]: the eye H5869 is not satisfied H7646 (QalImpf) with seeing, H7200 (QalInf) nor the ear H241 filled H4390 (NiphImpf) with hearing. H8085 (QalInf)

All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Again, I considered H7200 (QalPerf) all travail, H5999 and every right H3788 work, H4639 that for this a man H376 is envied H7068 of his neighbour. H7453 This [is] also vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

A man H376 to whom God H430 hath given H5414 (QalImpf) riches, H6239 wealth, H5233 and honour, H3519 so that he wanteth H2638 nothing for his soul H5315 of all that he desireth, H183 (HithImpf) yet God H430 giveth him not power H7980 (HiphImpf) to eat H398 (QalInf) thereof, but a stranger H376 H5237 eateth H398 (QalImpf) it: this [is] vanity, H1892 and it [is] an evil H7451 disease. H2483

A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he;

If a man H376 beget H3205 (HiphImpf) an hundred H3967 [children], and live H2421 (QalImpf) many H7227 years, H8141 so that the days H3117 of his years H8141 be many, H7227 and his soul H5315 be not filled H7646 (QalImpf) with good, H2896 and also [that] he have no burial; H6900 I say, H559 (QalPerf) [that] an untimely birth H5309 [is] better H2896 than he.

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.’

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

[It is] better H2896 to hear H8085 (QalInf) the rebuke H1606 of the wise, H2450 than for a man H376 to hear H8085 (QalActPtc) the song H7892 of fools. H3684

Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,

There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.

[There was] a little H6996 city, H5892 and few H4592 men H582 within it; and there came H935 (QalPerf) a great H1419 king H4428 against it, and besieged H5437 (QalPerf) it, and built H1129 (QalPerf) great H1419 bulwarks H4685 against it:

A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;

Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Now there was found H4672 (QalPerf) in it a poor H4542 wise H2450 man, H376 and he by his wisdom H2451 delivered H4422 (PielPerf) the city; H5892 yet no man H120 remembered H2142 (QalPerf) that same poor H4542 man. H376

and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

In the day H3117 when the keepers H8104 (QalActPtc) of the house H1004 shall tremble, H2111 (QalImpf) and the strong H2428 men H582 shall bow H5791 (HithPerf) themselves, and the grinders H2912 (QalActPtc) cease H988 (QalPerf) because they are few, H4591 (PielPerf) and those that look out H7200 (QalActPtc) of the windows H699 be darkened, H2821 (QalPerf)

In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.

They all hold H270 (QalPasPtc) swords, H2719 [being] expert H3925 (PualPtc) in war: H4421 every man H376 [hath] his sword H2719 upon his thigh H3409 because of fear H6343 in the night. H3915

All of them holding sword, taught of battle, Each his sword by his thigh, for fear at night.

Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.

Many H7227 waters H4325 cannot H3201 (QalImpf) quench H3518 (PielInf) love, H160 neither can the floods H5104 drown H7857 (QalImpf) it: if [a] man H376 would give H5414 (QalImpf) all the substance H1952 of his house H1004 for love, H160 it would utterly H936 (QalInf) be contemned. H936 (QalImpf)

Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down-they tread upon it.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels° of silver for its fruit.

Song of Solomon 8:11 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds.

Solomon H8010 had a vineyard H3754 at Baalhamon; H1174 he let out H5414 (QalPerf) the vineyard H3754 unto keepers; H5201 (QalActPtc) every one H376 for the fruit H6529 thereof was to bring H935 (HiphImpf) a thousand H505 [pieces] of silver. H3701

Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings;

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.

And the mean man H120 boweth down, H7817 (NiphImpf) and the great man H376 humbleth H8213 (QalImpf) himself: therefore forgive H5375 (QalImpf) them not.

And the low boweth down, and the high is humbled, And Thou acceptest them not.

The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the arrogance of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

The lofty H1365 looks H5869 of man H120 shall be humbled, H8213 (QalPerf) and the haughtiness H7312 of men H582 shall be bowed down, H7817 (QalPerf) and the Lord H3068 alone shall be exalted H7682 (NiphPerf) in that day. H3117

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the arrogance of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

And the loftiness H1365 of man H120 shall be bowed down, H7817 (QalPerf) and the haughtiness H7312 of men H582 shall be made low: H8213 (QalPerf) and the Lord H3068 alone shall be exalted H7682 (NiphPerf) in that day. H3117

And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.