Proverbs 6 — TOJB

6Verse 1Beni (my son), if thou put up collateral for thy re'a,
if thou hast shaken hands in pledge with a zar (stranger),
^{Verse 2}Thou art snared with the words of thy peh (mouth),
thou art trapped with the words of thy peh (mouth).
^{Verse 3}Do this now, beni (my son), and deliver thyself,
since thou art come into the palm of thy re'a;
go, humble thyself, and plead with thy re'a.
^{Verse 4}Give not sheynah to thine eyes,
nor slumber to thine eyelids.
^{Verse 5}Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the yad,⁺
and as a tzippor (bird) from the yad of the fowler.^{Verse 6}Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one);
consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise);
^{Verse 7}Which having no katzin (officer, leader)
or shoter (policeman) or moshel,
^{Verse 8}Prepareth her lechem in the kayitz (summer),
and gathereth her food in the katzir (harvest).
^{Verse 9}Ad mosai wilt thou lie down, O atzel (sluggard, lazy one)?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sheynah (sleep)?
^{Verse 10}Yet a little sheynot (sleep ),⁺a little slumber,
a little folding of the yadayim to sleep;
^{Verse 11}So shall thy poverty come as a prowler,
and thy need as an ish mogen (man of armor).^{Verse 12}A worthless person, a wicked man,
walketh with a perverse peh (mouth).
^{Verse 13}He winketh with his eyes, he shuffleth with his regel,
he pointeth with his fingers;
^{Verse 14}Tahpukhot (perversity) is in his lev,
he deviseth rah continually;
he stirs up midanim (contention, strife, discord).^{+
Verse 15}Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
suddenly shall he be destroyed without marpeh (remedy).^{Verse 16}These shesh (six) things doth Hashem hate;
indeed, shevah (seven) are an abomination unto His Nefesh;
^{Verse 17}Haughty eyes, a lashon sheker,
and hands guilty of shefach dahm naki,
^{Verse 18}A lev that deviseth wicked machshevot (plans),
raglayim that are swift in running to ra'ah,
^{Verse 19}An ed sheker that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth midanim (contention, strife, discords) among achim.^{Verse 20}Beni (my son), keep the mitzvat Avicha,
and forsake not the torat Immecha;
^{Verse 21}Bind them tamid (continually) upon thine lev,
and tie them about thy neck.
^{Verse 22}When thou goest, it shall guide thee;
when thou sleepest, it shall be shomer over thee;
and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
^{Verse 23}For the mitzvah is a ner (lamp); and torah an ohr;
and tokhakhot musar (reproofs of discipline) are the Derech Chayyim (Life Lane);
^{Verse 24}To be shomer over thee, keeping thee from the eshet rah,
from the smooth lashon of the nokhriyah (strange woman).
^{Verse 25}Lust not after her beauty in thine lev;
neither let her allure thee with her eyelids.
^{Verse 26}For by means of an isha zonah a man is reduced to a kikar lechem;
and [another] manʼs wife will prey on the nefesh yekara (precious soul).
^{Verse 27}Can a man take eish in his kheyk,
and his clothes not be burned?
^{Verse 28}Can one walk upon hot coals,
and his regel not be burned?
^{Verse 29}So is he that goeth into his eshet re'a;
whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.
^{Verse 30}Men do not despise a ganav if he steal
to satisfy his nefesh when he is starving;
^{Verse 31}But if he be found out, he shall restore sevenfold;
he shall give hon (substance, wealth) of his bais;
^{Verse 32}But the no'ef (one who committeth adultery) with an isha lacketh lev;⁺
he that doeth it destroyeth his own nefesh.
^{Verse 33}A nega⁺and dishonor shall he get;
and his cherpah (reproach) shall not be wiped away.
^{Verse 34}For kina (jealousy) is the chamat gever (husbandʼs rage);
therefore he will not spare in the yom nakam (day of vengeance).
^{Verse 35}He will not regard kofer (compensation);
neither will he be the appeased, though shochad (bribe) be great.