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Proverbs

Chapter 5
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּe֭niy lechakemati֣y haqeshshi֑ybah li֝tebunati֗y hat-'azeneֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)My son, attend to my wisdom, and bow your ear to my understanding:

בְּ֭נִי לְחָכְמָתִ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לִ֝תְבוּנָתִ֗י הַט־אָזְנֶֽךָ׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): lishshemo֥r mezimּ֑ot ve֝da֗'at shsepate֥yka yinetzoֽru׃
Edified Edition (EDE)That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.

לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְזִמּ֑וֹת וְ֝דַ֗עַת שְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֤y no֣pet tּi֭tּopenah shsipete֣y zara֑h vechala֖q mishshּe֣men chikּaֽhּ׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽ֭'achariytahּ mara֣h kaֽlּa'ana֑h cha֝dּa֗h kּeche֣reb pּiyּֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): ra֭geleyha yored֣ot ma֑vet shshe֝'֗ol tze'ade֥yha yitemoֽku׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

רַ֭גְלֶיהָ יֹרְד֣וֹת מָ֑וֶת שְׁ֝א֗וֹל צְעָדֶ֥יהָ יִתְמֹֽכוּ׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): o֣rach cha֭yּiym pּen-tּepalּe֑s na'֥u ma֝'egּelote֗yha lo֣ tedֽa'׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that you cannot know them.

אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּ֑ס נָע֥וּ מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗יהָ לֹ֣א תֵדָֽע׃פ

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'atּa֣h ba֭niym shshime'u-li֑y ve'al-tּa֝s֗uru me'imerey-piֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Hear me now therefore, O you children, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.

וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִ֑י וְאַל־תָּ֝ס֗וּרוּ מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): hareche֣q me'ale֣yha darekּe֑ka ve'al-tּi֝qera֗b 'el-pּe֥tach bּeytaֽhּ׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Remove your way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house:

הַרְחֵ֣ק מֵעָלֶ֣יהָ דַרְכֶּ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב אֶל־פֶּ֥תַח בֵּיתָֽהּ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): pּen-tּitּe֣n la'acheri֣ym hode֑ka u֝shshenote֗yka le'akezariֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Lest you give your honour to others, and your years to the cruel:

פֶּן־תִּתֵּ֣ן לַאֲחֵרִ֣ים הוֹדֶ֑ךָ וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ לְאַכְזָרִֽי׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): pּeֽn-yishsebּe'֣u zari֣ym kּoche֑ka va֝'atzabe֗yka bּebe֣yt nakerֽiy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labours be in the house of a stranger;

פֶּֽן־יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ זָרִ֣ים כֹּחֶ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): venahametּa֥ be'achariyte֑ka bּikel֥ot bּe֝shsareka֗ ushshe'ereֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed,

וְנָהַמְתָּ֥ בְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָ בִּכְל֥וֹת בְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗ וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽ'amaretּa֗ 'e֭yke shsane֣'tiy musa֑r ve֝toka֗chat na'a֥tz libּiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And say, "How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽlo'-shsha֭ma'etּiy bּeq֣ol mora֑y ve֝liֽmelamּeda֗y lo'-hitּi֥ytiy 'azeniֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!"

וְֽלֹא־שָׁ֭מַעְתִּי בְּק֣וֹל מוֹרָ֑י וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י לֹא־הִטִּ֥יתִי אָזְנִֽי׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֭me'at hayi֣ytiy bekal-ra֑ bּet֖oke qaha֣l ve'edaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל־רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsheteh-ma֥yim mibּore֑ka ve֝nozeli֗ym mitּ֥oke bּe'ereֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Drink water out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.

שְׁתֵה־מַ֥יִם מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים מִתּ֥וֹךְ בְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): yap֣utzu ma'eyenote֣yka ch֑utzah bּa֝rechob֗ot pּalegey-maֽyim׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

יָפ֣וּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ ח֑וּצָה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): yiֽheyu-leka֥ lebadּe֑ka ve'e֖yn lezari֣ym 'itּaֽke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Let them be only your own, and not for strangers with you.

יִֽהְיוּ־לְךָ֥ לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ וְאֵ֖ין לְזָרִ֣ים אִתָּֽךְ׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): yehiֽy-meqoreka֥ bar֑uke u֝shsema֗ch me'e֥shshet ne'ureֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

יְהִֽי־מְקוֹרְךָ֥ בָר֑וּךְ וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח מֵאֵ֥שֶׁת נְעוּרֶֽךָ׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): ayּe֥let 'ahabi֗ym veֽya'ala֫t-che֥n dּa֭dּeyha yerau֣ka bekal-'e֑t bּe֝'ahabata֗hּ tּishshegּe֥h tamiֽyd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be always ravished with her love.

אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): vela֤mּah tishshegּe֣h beni֣y bezara֑h u֝techabּe֗q che֣q nakeriyּaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

וְלָ֤מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣י בְזָרָ֑ה וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק חֵ֣ק נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֤y no֨kach ׀ 'eyne֣y ye֭hvah dּarekey-'i֑yshsh veֽkal-ma'egּelota֥yv mepalּeֽs׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his goings.

כִּ֤י נֹ֨כַח ׀ עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכָל־מַעְגְּלֹתָ֥יו מְפַלֵּֽס׃

22
Phonetic (Hebrew): aֽvonota֗yv yilekּedun֥o 'et-harashsha֑ ubechabele֥y cha֝tּa't֗o yitּameֽke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗יו יִלְכְּדֻנ֥וֹ אֶת־הָרָשָׁ֑ע וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י חַ֝טָּאת֗וֹ יִתָּמֵֽךְ׃

23
Phonetic (Hebrew): h֗u ya֭mut bּe'e֣yn musa֑r ubero֖b 'iualetּ֣o yishshegּeֽh׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

ה֗וּא יָ֭מוּת בְּאֵ֣ין מוּסָ֑ר וּבְרֹ֖ב אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ יִשְׁגֶּֽה׃פ