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Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

Do H6213 (QalImpv) this now, H645 my son, H1121 and deliver H5337 (NiphImpv) thyself, when thou art come H935 (QalPerf) into the hand H3709 of thy friend; H7453 go, H3212 (QalImpv) humble H7511 (HithImpv) thyself, and make sure H7292 (QalImpv) thy friend. H7453

Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

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

So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 (QalPerf) as one that travelleth, H1980 (PielPtc) 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.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

Therefore shall his calamity H343 come H935 (QalImpf) suddenly; H6597 suddenly H6621 shall he be broken H7665 (NiphImpf) without remedy. H4832

Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken-and no healing.

So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

So he that goeth in H935 (QalActPtc) to his neighbour’s H7453 wife; H802 whosoever toucheth H5060 (QalActPtc) her shall not be innocent. H5352 (NiphImpf)

So is he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

He hath taken H3947 (QalPerf) a bag H6872 of money H3701 with him, H3027 [and] will come H935 (QalImpf) home H1004 at the day H3117 appointed. H3677

A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.’

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

He goeth H1980 (QalActPtc) after H310 her straightway, H6597 as an ox H7794 goeth H935 (QalImpf) to the slaughter, H2874 or as a fool H191 to the correction H4148 of the stocks; H5914

He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

What the wicked fear will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

The fear H4034 of the wicked, H7563 it shall come H935 (QalImpf) upon him: but the desire H8378 of the righteous H6662 shall be granted. H5414 (QalImpf)

The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given.

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

[When] pride H2087 cometh, H935 (QalPerf) then cometh H935 (QalImpf) shame: H7036 but with the lowly H6800 (QalPasPtc) [is] wisdom. H2451

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly is wisdom.

A righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked takes his place.

The righteous H6662 is delivered out H2502 (NiphPerf) of trouble, H6869 and the wicked H7563 cometh H935 (QalImpf) in his stead.

The righteous from distress is drawn out, And the wicked goeth in instead of him.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

He that diligently seeketh H7836 (QalActPtc) good H2896 procureth H1245 (PielImpf) favour: H7522 but he that seeketh H1875 (QalActPtc) mischief, H7451 it shall come H935 (QalImpf) unto him.

Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil-it meeteth him.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.

Hope H8431 deferred H4900 (PualPtc) maketh the heart H3820 sick: H2470 (HiphPtc) but [when] the desire H8378 cometh, H935 (QalActPtc) [it is] a tree H6086 of life. H2416

Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life is the coming desire.

When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

When the wicked H7563 cometh, H935 (QalInf) [then] cometh H935 (QalPerf) also contempt, H937 and with ignominy H7036 reproach. H2781

With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame-reproach.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

A fool’s H3684 lips H8193 enter H935 (QalImpf) into contention, H7379 and his mouth H6310 calleth H7121 (QalImpf) for strokes. H4112

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

[He that is] first H7223 in his own cause H7379 [seemeth] just; H6662 but his neighbour H7453 cometh H935 (QalPerf) (Qere) H935 (QalImpf) and searcheth H2713 (QalPerf) him.

Righteous is the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

The sacrifice H2077 of the wicked H7563 [is] abomination: H8441 how much more, [when] he bringeth H935 (HiphImpf) it with a wicked mind? H2154

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

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,

Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Remove H5253 (HiphImpf) not the old H5769 landmark; H1366 and enter H935 (QalImpf) not into the fields H7704 of the fatherless: H3490

Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,

Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Apply H935 (HiphImpv) thine heart H3820 unto instruction, H4148 and thine ears H241 to the words H561 of knowledge. H1847

Bring in to instruction thy heart, And thine ear to sayings of knowledge.

Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.

They that tarry long H309 (PielPtc) at the wine; H3196 they that go H935 (QalActPtc) to seek H2713 (QalInf) mixed wine. H4469

Those tarrying by the wine, Those going in to search out mixed wine.

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.

But to them that rebuke H3198 (HiphPtc) [him] shall be delight, H5276 (QalImpf) and a good H2896 blessing H1293 shall come H935 (QalImpf) upon them.

And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

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!

Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.

As the bird H6833 by wandering, H5110 (QalInf) as the swallow H1866 by flying, H5774 (QalInf) so the curse H7045 causeless H2600 shall not come. H935 (QalImpf)

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

Thine own friend, H7453 and thy father’s H1 friend, H7453 forsake H5800 (QalImpf) not; neither go H935 (QalImpf) into thy brother’s H251 house H1004 in the day H3117 of thy calamity: H343 [for] better H2896 [is] a neighbour H7934 [that is] near H7138 than a brother H251 far off. H7350

Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better is a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

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.

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

She is like the merchants’ H5503 (QalActPtc) ships; H591 she bringeth H935 (HiphImpf) her food H3899 from afar. H4801

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

[One] generation H1755 passeth away, H1980 (QalActPtc) and [another] generation H1755 cometh: H935 (QalActPtc) (Ketiv) H935 (QalPerf) but the earth H776 abideth H5975 (QalActPtc) for ever. H5769

A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

The sun H8121 also ariseth, H2224 (QalPerf) and the sun H8121 goeth down, H935 (QalPerf) and hasteth H7602 (QalActPtc) to his place H4725 where he arose. H2224 (QalActPtc)

Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

And I turned H6437 (QalPerf) myself to behold H7200 (QalInf) wisdom, H2451 and madness, H1947 and folly: H5531 for what [can] the man H120 [do] that cometh H935 (QalImpf) after H310 the king? H4428 [even] that which hath been already H3528 done. H6213 (QalPerf)

And I turned to see wisdom, and madness, and folly, but what is the man who cometh after the king? that which is already-they have done it!

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

For [there is] no remembrance H2146 of the wise H2450 more than H5973 of the fool H3684 for ever; H5769 seeing that which now H3528 [is] in the days H3117 to come H935 (QalActPtc) shall all be forgotten. H7911 (NiphPerf) And how dieth H4191 (QalImpf) the wise H2450 [man]? as the fool. H3684

That there is no remembrance to the wise-with the fool-to the age, for that which is already, in the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Wherefore I perceive H7200 (QalPerf) that [there is] nothing better, H2896 than that a man H120 should rejoice H8055 (QalImpf) in his own works; H4639 for that [is] his portion: H2506 for who shall bring H935 (HiphImpf) him to see H7200 (QalInf) what shall be after H310 him?

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it is his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.

For a dream H2472 cometh H935 (QalActPtc) through the multitude H7230 of business; H6045 and a fool’s H3684 voice H6963 [is known] by multitude H7230 of words. H1697

For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

As he came forth H3318 (QalPerf) of his mother’s H517 womb, H990 naked H6174 shall he return H7725 (QalImpf) to go H3212 (QalInf) as he came, H935 (QalPerf) and shall take H5375 (QalImpf) nothing H3972 of his labour, H5999 which he may carry away H3212 (HiphImpf) in his hand. H3027

As he came out from the belly of his mother, naked he turneth back to go as he came, and he taketh not away anything of his labour, that doth go in his hand.

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

And this H2090 also [is] a sore H2470 (QalActPtc) evil, H7451 [that] in all points H5980 as he came, H935 (QalPerf) so shall he go: H3212 (QalImpf) and what profit H3504 hath he that hath laboured H5998 (QalImpf) for the wind? H7307

And this also is a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage is to him who laboureth for wind?

for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

For he cometh H935 (QalPerf) in with vanity, H1892 and departeth H3212 (QalImpf) in darkness, H2822 and his name H8034 shall be covered H3680 (PualImpf) with darkness. H2822

For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

And so H3651 I saw H7200 (QalPerf) the wicked H7563 buried, H6912 (QalPasPtc) who had come H935 (QalPerf) and gone H1980 (PielImpf) from the place H4725 of the holy, H6918 and they were forgotten H7911 (HithImpf) in the city H5892 where they had so done: H6213 (QalPerf) this [is] also vanity. H1892

And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also is vanity.

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;

Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

But if a man H120 live H2421 (QalImpf) many H7235 (HiphInf) years, H8141 [and] rejoice H8055 (QalImpf) in them all; yet let him remember H2142 (QalImpf) the days H3117 of darkness; H2822 for they shall be many. H7235 (HiphInf) All that cometh H935 (QalPerf) [is] vanity. H1892

But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming is vanity.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Rejoice, H8055 (QalImpv) O young man, H970 in thy youth; H3208 and let thy heart H3820 cheer H2895 (HiphImpf) thee in the days H3117 of thy youth, H979 and walk H1980 (PielImpv) in the ways H1870 of thine heart, H3820 and in the sight H4758 of thine eyes: H5869 but know H3045 (QalImpv) thou, that for all these [things] God H430 will bring H935 (HiphImpf) thee into judgment. H4941

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

Remember H2142 (QalImpv) now thy Creator H1254 (QalActPtc) in the days H3117 of thy youth, H979 while the evil H7451 days H3117 come H935 (QalImpf) not, nor the years H8141 draw nigh, H5060 (HiphPerf) when thou shalt say, H559 (QalImpf) I have no pleasure H2656 in them;

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, ‘I have no pleasure in them.’

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

For God H430 shall bring H935 (HiphImpf) every work H4639 into judgment, H4941 with every secret thing, H5956 (NiphPtc) whether [it be] good, H2896 or whether [it be] evil. H7451

For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.’

Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.

Draw H4900 (QalImpv) me, we will run H7323 (QalImpf) after H310 thee: the king H4428 hath brought H935 (HiphPerf) me into his chambers: H2315 we will be glad H1523 (QalImpf) and rejoice H8055 (QalImpf) in thee, we will remember H2142 (HiphImpf) thy love H1730 more than wine: H3196 the upright H4339 love H157 (QalPerf) thee.

Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!

He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.

He brought H935 (HiphPerf) me to the banqueting H3196 house, H1004 and his banner H1714 over me [was] love. H160

He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me is love,

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

The voice H6963 of my beloved! H1730 behold, he cometh H935 (QalActPtc) leaping H1801 (PielPtc) upon the mountains, H2022 skipping H7092 (PielPtc) upon the hills. H1389

The voice of my beloved! lo, this-he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.

[It was] but a little H4592 that I passed H5674 (QalPerf) from them, but I found H4672 (QalPerf) him whom my soul H5315 loveth: H157 (QalPerf) I held H270 (QalPerf) him, and would not let him go, H7503 (HiphImpf) until I had brought H935 (HiphPerf) him into my mother’s H517 house, H1004 and into the chamber H2315 of her that conceived H2029 (QalActPtc) me.

But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother- And the chamber of her that conceived me.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Come H935 (QalImpf) with me from Lebanon, H3844 [my] spouse, H3618 with me from Lebanon: H3844 look H7789 (QalImpf) from the top H7218 of Amana, H549 from the top H7218 of Shenir H8149 and Hermon, H2768 from the lions’ H738 dens, H4585 from the mountains H2042 of the leopards. H5246

Come from Lebanon, come thou in. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Shenir and Hermon, From the habitations of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.

Awake, H5782 (QalImpv) O north wind; H6828 and come, H935 (QalImpv) thou south; H8486 blow H6315 (HiphImpv) upon my garden, H1588 [that] the spices H1314 thereof may flow out. H5140 (QalImpf) Let my beloved H1730 come H935 (QalImpf) into his garden, H1588 and eat H398 (QalImpf) his pleasant H4022 fruits. H6529

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south, Cause my garden to breathe forth, its spices let flow, Let my beloved come to his garden, And eat its pleasant fruits!

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

I am come H935 (QalPerf) into my garden, H1588 my sister, H269 [my] spouse: H3618 I have gathered H717 (QalPerf) my myrrh H4753 with my spice; H1313 I have eaten H398 (QalPerf) my honeycomb H3293 with my honey; H1706 I have drunk H8354 (QalPerf) my wine H3196 with my milk: H2461 eat, H398 (QalImpv) O friends; H7453 drink, H8354 (QalImpv) yea, drink abundantly, H7937 (QalImpv) O beloved. H1730

I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

I would lead H5090 (QalImpf) thee, [and] bring H935 (HiphImpf) thee into my mother’s H517 house, H1004 [who] would instruct H3925 (PielImpf) me: I would cause thee to drink H8248 (HiphImpf) of spiced H7544 wine H3196 of the juice H6071 of my pomegranate. H7416

I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother’s house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate,

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;

When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

When ye come H935 (QalImpf) to appear H7200 (NiphInf) before H6440 me, who hath required H1245 (PielPerf) this at your hand, H3027 to tread H7429 (QalInf) my courts? H2691

When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?