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1. Like snow in summer, or rain in harvest, honor for a fool is out of place.
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1. As snow H7950 in summer H7019 , and as rain H4306 in harvest H7105 , so H3651 honor H3519 is not H3808 seemly H5000 for a fool H3684 .
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2. Like the sparrow in its flitting, like the swallow in its flight, a curse uncalled-for arrives nowhere.
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2. As the bird H6833 by wandering H5110 , as the swallow H1866 by flying H5774 , so H3651 the curse H7045 causeless H2600 shall not H3808 come H935 .
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3. The whip for the horse, the bridle for the ass, and the rod for the back of fools.
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3. A whip H7752 for the horse H5483 , a bridle H4964 for the ass H2543 , and a rod H7626 for the fool H3684 's back H1460 .
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4. Answer not the fool according to his folly, lest you too become like him.
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4. Answer H6030 not H408 a fool H3684 according to his folly H200 , lest H6435 thou H859 also H1571 be like H7737 unto him.
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5. Answer the fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
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5. Answer H6030 a fool H3684 according to his folly H200 , lest H6435 he be H1961 wise H2450 in his own conceit H5869 .
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6. He cuts off his feet, he drinks down violence, who sends messages by a fool.
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6. He that sendeth H7971 a message H1697 by the hand H3027 of a fool H3684 cutteth off H7096 the feet H7272 , and drinketh H8354 damage H2555 .
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7. A proverb in the mouth of a fool hangs limp, like crippled legs.
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7. The legs H7785 of the lame H4480 H6455 are not equal H1809 : so is a parable H4912 in the mouth H6310 of fools H3684 .
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8. Like one who entangles the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.
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8. As he that bindeth H6887 a stone H68 in a sling H4773 , so H3651 is he that giveth H5414 honor H3519 to a fool H3684 .
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9. Like a thorn stick brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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9. As a thorn H2336 goeth up H5927 into the hand H3027 of a drunkard H7910 , so is a parable H4912 in the mouth H6310 of fools H3684 .
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10. Like an archer wounding all who pass by is he who hires a drunken fool.
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10. The great H7227 God that formed H2342 all H3605 things both rewardeth H7936 the fool H3684 , and rewardeth H7936 transgressors H5674 .
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11. As the dog returns to his vomit, so the fool repeats his folly.
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11. As a dog H3611 returneth H7725 to H5921 his vomit H6892 , so a fool H3684 returneth H8138 to his folly H200 .
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12. You see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
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12. Seest H7200 thou a man H376 wise H2450 in his own conceit H5869 ? there is more hope H8615 of a fool H3684 than of H4480 him.
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13. The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the street, a lion in the middle of the square!"
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13. The slothful H6102 man saith H559 , There is a lion H7826 in the way H1870 ; a lion H738 is in H996 the streets H7339 .
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14. The door turns on its hinges, the sluggard, on his bed!
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14. As the door H1817 turneth H5437 upon H5921 his hinges H6735 , so doth the slothful H6102 upon H5921 his bed H4296 .
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15. The sluggard loses his hand in the dish; he is too weary to lift it to his mouth.
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15. The slothful H6102 hideth H2934 his hand H3027 in his bosom H6747 ; it grieveth H3811 him to bring it again H7725 to H413 his mouth H6310 .
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16. The sluggard imagines himself wiser than seven men who answer with good sense.
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16. The sluggard H6102 is wiser H2450 in his own conceit H5869 than seven H4480 H7651 men that can render H7725 a reason H2940 .
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17. Like the man who seizes a passing dog by the ears is he who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
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17. He that passeth by H5674 , and meddleth H5674 with H5921 strife H7379 belonging not H3808 to him, is like one that taketh H2388 a dog H3611 by the ears H241 .
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18. Like a crazed archer scattering firebrands and deadly arrows
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18. As a mad H3856 man who casteth H3384 firebrands H2131 , arrows H2671 , and death H4194 ,
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19. Is the man who deceives his neighbor, and then says, "I was only joking."
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19. So H3651 is the man H376 that deceiveth H7411 H853 his neighbor H7453 , and saith H559 , Am not H3808 I H589 in sport H7832 ?
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20. For lack of wood, the fire dies out; and when there is no talebearer, strife subsides.
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20. Where no H657 wood H6086 is, there the fire H784 goeth out H3518 : so where there is no H369 talebearer H5372 , the strife H4066 ceaseth H8367 .
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21. What a bellows is to live coals, what wood is to fire, such is a contentious man in enkindling strife.
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21. As coals H6352 are to burning coals H1513 , and wood H6086 to fire H784 ; so is a contentious H4079 man H376 to kindle H2787 strife H7379 .
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22. The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels that sink into one's inmost being.
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22. The words H1697 of a talebearer H5372 are as wounds H3859 , and they H1992 go down H3381 into the innermost parts H2315 of the belly H990 .
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23. Like a glazed finish on earthenware are smooth lips with a wicked heart.
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23. Burning H1814 lips H8193 and a wicked H7451 heart H3820 are like a potsherd H2789 covered H6823 with silver H3701 dross H5509 .
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24. With his lips an enemy pretends, but in his inmost being he maintains deceit;
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24. He that hateth H8130 dissembleth H5234 with his lips H8193 , and layeth up H7896 deceit H4820 within H7130 him;
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25. When he speaks graciously, trust him not, for seven abominations are in his heart.
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25. When H3588 he speaketh H6963 fair H2603 , believe H539 him not H408 : for H3588 there are seven H7651 abominations H8441 in his heart H3820 .
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26. A man may conceal hatred under dissimulation, but his malice will be revealed in the assembly.
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26. Whose hatred H8135 is covered H3680 by deceit H4860 , his wickedness H7451 shall be showed H1540 before the whole congregation H6951 .
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27. He who digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon him who rolls it.
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27. Whoso diggeth H3738 a pit H7845 shall fall H5307 therein : and he that rolleth H1556 a stone H68 , it will return H7725 upon H413 him.
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28. The lying tongue is its owner's enemy, and the flattering mouth works ruin.
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28. A lying H8267 tongue H3956 hateth H8130 those that are afflicted H1790 by it ; and a flattering H2509 mouth H6310 worketh H6213 ruin H4072 .
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