These are really perplexing. E.g. verse 1
JB: Who lives by himself follows his own whim,
he is angered by advice of any kind.
REB: A solitary person pursues his own desires;
he quarrels with every sound policy.
KJV: Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
One day, I may return here to this chapter. But this is it for the moment. The problem is keeping the English as terse as the Hebrew. Perhaps it is a style thing...
JB: Who lives by himself follows his own whim,
he is angered by advice of any kind.
REB: A solitary person pursues his own desires;
he quarrels with every sound policy.
KJV: Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
One day, I may return here to this chapter. But this is it for the moment. The problem is keeping the English as terse as the Hebrew. Perhaps it is a style thing...
Proverbs 18 | Fn | Min | Max | Syll | ||
לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכָל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע | 1 | g | One who is separated seeks for desire. In all enterprise, it quarrels. | 3e | 4B | 9 8 |
לֹֽא־יַחְפֹּ֣ץ כְּ֭סִיל בִּתְבוּנָ֑ה כִּ֝֗י אִֽם־בְּהִתְגַּלּ֥וֹת לִבּֽוֹ | 2 | A dullard is not delighted with understanding, but rather in disclosing its heart. | 3e | 4B | 8 8 | |
בְּֽבוֹא־רָ֭שָׁע בָּ֣א גַם־בּ֑וּז וְֽעִם־קָל֥וֹן חֶרְפָּֽה | 3 | When wickedness comes, comes also contempt, and with disgrace, a reproach. | 3e | 4B | 7 6 | |
מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים דִּבְרֵ֣י פִי־אִ֑ישׁ נַ֥חַל נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ מְק֣וֹר חָכְמָֽה | 4 | B | Waters deep, the words of each mouth. The wadi bubbles from a fountain of wisdom. | 3e | 4B | 8 9 |
שְׂאֵ֣ת פְּנֵי־רָשָׁ֣ע לֹא־ט֑וֹב לְהַטּ֥וֹת צַ֝דִּ֗יק בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט | 5 | To forbear in the face of wickedness, that is not good, to bend a righteous one in the judgment. | 3e | 4B | 7 8 | |
שִׂפְתֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל יָבֹ֣אֽוּ בְרִ֑יב וּ֝פִ֗יו לְֽמַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא | 6 | The lips of a dullard will enter into strife, and its mouth calls out to be smitten. | 3e | 4B | 8 9 | |
פִּֽי־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה־ל֑וֹ וּ֝שְׂפָתָ֗יו מוֹקֵ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ | 7 | The mouth of a dullard is its disarray, and its lips entrap its being. | 3e | 4A | 7 7 | |
דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן | 8 | The words of one who natters are like tidbits, and these, they descend to the inner rooms of the belly. | 3e | 4B | 9 7 | |
גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא לְבַ֣עַל מַשְׁחִֽית | 9 | g | Also, one timid in its trade, sibling it is to the owner of destruction. | 3e | 4B | 8 7 |
מִגְדַּל־עֹ֭ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בּֽוֹ־יָר֖וּץ צַדִּ֣יק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב | 10 | A tower of strength the name of Yahweh, into it a righteous one races and is set on high. | 3e | 4B | 6 7 | |
ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ | 11 | B | The value of one who is rich, the town of his strength, and as a rampart set on high in its own show-piece. | 3e | 4B | 7 10 |
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֭בֶר יִגְבַּ֣הּ לֵב־אִ֑ישׁ וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָב֣וֹד עֲנָוָֽה | 12 | Before brokenness, haughty is each heart, and before glory, gentleness. | 3e | 4B | 7 8 | |
מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה | 13 | One who returns a word ere it hears, foolishness it is and its humiliation. | 3e | 4B | 9 8 | |
רֽוּחַ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה | 14 | The spirit of each will nourish its illness, but a crestfallen spirit, who can bear? | 3e | 4B | 10 11 | |
לֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן יִקְנֶה־דָּ֑עַת וְאֹ֥זֶן חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים תְּבַקֶּשׁ־דָּֽעַת | 15 | B | A heart of understanding will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the shrewd seeks knowledge. | 3e | 4B | 7 11 |
מַתָּ֣ן אָ֭דָם יַרְחִ֣יב ל֑וֹ וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְדֹלִ֣ים יַנְחֶֽנּוּ | 16 | A human's endowment makes its spacious room, and to the presence of the great guides it. | 3e | 4B | 7 9 | |
צַדִּ֣יק הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן בְּרִיב֑וֹ וּבָֽא־רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ וַחֲקָרֽוֹ | 17 | A righteous one, the beginning of its cause, and its associate comes and examines it. | 3e | 4B | 8 9 | |
מִ֭דְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּ֣ית הַגּוֹרָ֑ל וּבֵ֖ין עֲצוּמִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיד | 18 | g | The dice makes dissensions cease, and separates amid the numerous. | 3e | 4B | 8 7 |
אָ֗ח נִפְשָׁ֥ע מִקִּרְיַת־עֹ֑ז וּ֝מִדְיָנִ֗ים כִּבְרִ֥יחַ אַרְמֽוֹן | 19 | ~ | A sibling transgressed, more than a town of strength, and dissensions are like the bars of a citadel. | 3e | 4A | 7 9 |
מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע בִּטְנ֑וֹ תְּבוּאַ֖ת שְׂפָתָ֣יו יִשְׂבָּֽע | 20 | From the fruit of a person's mouth its belly is satisfied, the income of its lips, it will be satisfied. | 3e | 4B | 8 8 | |
מָ֣וֶת וְ֭חַיִּים בְּיַד־לָשׁ֑וֹן וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ יֹאכַ֥ל פִּרְיָֽהּ | 21 | B | Death and life, by means of a tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. | 3e | 4B | 9 9 |
מָצָ֣א אִ֭שָּׁה מָ֣צָא ט֑וֹב וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהוָֽה | 22 | Who finds a wife finds good, and will draw forth acceptance from Yahweh. | 3e | 4B | 7 8 | |
תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת | 23 | One who is in want speaks supplications, and the rich answers strongly. | 3e | 4A | 8 8 | |
אִ֣ישׁ רֵ֭עִים לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַ וְיֵ֥שׁ אֹ֝הֵ֗ב דָּבֵ֥ק מֵאָֽח | 24 | B | Friends may lead a person to evil, but there is love more loyal than kin. | 3e | 4B | 8 8 |
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