OET PRO chapter 23

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23 DOM you _will _sit _down to_dine with a _ruler carefully _(consider) you _will _consider DOM [that]_which before_face/front_you.
2 And_put a _knife in/on/at/with_throat_your if [are]_a _master of _appetite you.
3 Do _not crave[fn][fn] to_delicacies_his and_he [is]_food of _lies.
4 Do _not labour to_get _rich because_wise_your cease.
5 Light[fn] eyes_your in/on/over_him/it and_not _existing_he DOM surely _(make) it _makes for_him/it wings like_eagle and[fn] the_heavens.
6 do _not eat DOM [the]_food of _a _[person]_evil of _eye and_not crave[fn] to_delicacies_his.
7 DOM as he _calculates in/on/at/with_throat_someone [is]_so he eat and_drink he _says to/for_you(fs) and_heart_his not with_you.
8 Little_you [which]_you _have _eaten vomit _up_it and_waste words_your the_pleasant.
9 In/on/at/with_hearing of _a _fool do _not speak DOM he _will _despise to_wisdom words_your.
10 Do _not displace a _boundary of _antiquity and_in/on/at/with_fields of _fatherless _ones do _not go.
11 DOM redeemer_their [is]_strong he he _will _conduct DOM cause_their against_you.
12 Apply to _the_instruction heart_your and_ear_your to_words of _knowledge.
13 Do _not withhold from_child discipline DOM beat_him in/on/at/with_rod not he _will _die.
14 You in/on/at/with_rod beat_him and_soul_his from_sheol you _will _deliver.
15 son_my if it _is _wise heart_your it _will _rejoice heart_my also I.
16 And_rejoice inmost _being_my in/on/at/with_speak lips_your uprightness(es).
17 Not let _it _be _jealous heart_your in/on/at/with_sinners DOM (if) in/on/at/with_fear of _Yahweh all the_day.
18 DOM if there _[is] a _future and_hope_your not it _will _be _cut _off.
19 Listen Oh _you son_my and_wise and_direct in/on/at/with_way heart_your.
20 Do _not be in/on/at/with_drink _too _much of _wine in/on/at/with_gluttonous _eaters of _meat their.
21 DOM a _drunkard and_glutton he _will _become _impoverished and_rags it _will _clothe _[him] drowsiness.
22 Listen to_father_your who gave _life_you and_not despise DOM she _is _old mother_your.
23 Truth buy and_not sell _[it] wisdom and_instruction and_understanding.
24 Greatly _(rejoice)[fn] he _rejoices[fn] [the]_father of _a _righteous _[son] wwww[fn] a _wise _[son] and[fn] in/on/over_him/it.
25 May _he _rejoice I _will _show_you(ms) and_mother_your and_rejoice bore_you.
26 Give son_my heart_your to_me and_eyes_your ways_my let _them _observe[fn].
[fn] 27 DOM [is]_a _pit deep a _prostitute and_well narrow a _foreign _[woman].
28 Also she like_robber she _lies _in _wait and_faithless in/on/at/with_men she _increases.
29 Has_who woe has_who woe has_who contentions[fn] has_who complaint has_who bruises without _cause has_who dullness of _eyes.
30 To _those_linger over the_wine to _those_go to_try mixed _wine.
31 Do _not see wine DOM it _will _be _red DOM it _will _give in/on/at/with_cup[fn] sparkles_him it _will _go in/on/at/with_smoothnesses.
32 End_him like_serpent it _will _bite and_like_viper it _will _sting.
33 Eyes_your they _will _see strange _[things] and_mind_your it _will _speak perverse _things.
34 And_be like_lies _down in/on/at/with_midst of _[the]_sea and_like_lies _down in/on/at/with_top of _a _mast.
35 Struck_me not I _am _sick beat_me not I _know when will _I _awake I _will _repeat seek_it again.

23:3 Note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

23:3 Note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

23:5 Variant note: ה/תעוף: (x-qere) ’הֲ/תָ֤עִיף’: lemma_i/5774 a morph_HTi/Vhi2ms id_20Tsm הֲ/תָ֤עִיף

23:5 Variant note: ו/עיף: (x-qere) ’יָע֥וּף’: lemma_5774 a morph_HVqi3ms id_2017A יָע֥וּף

23:6 Variant note: תתאו: (x-qere) ’תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו’: lemma_183 n_0.0 morph_HVtj2ms id_20QAE תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו

23:24 Variant note: גול: (x-qere) ’גִּ֣יל’: lemma_1524 a morph_HVqa id_20KFN גִּ֣יל

23:24 Variant note: יגול: (x-qere) ’יָ֭גִיל’: lemma_1523 n_1.0 morph_HVqi3ms id_20L7f יָ֭גִיל

23:24 Variant note: יולד: (x-qere) ’וְ/יוֹלֵ֥ד’: lemma_c/3205 morph_HC/Vqrmsa id_209VK וְ/יוֹלֵ֥ד

23:24 Variant note: ו/ישמח: (x-qere) ’יִשְׂמַח’: lemma_8055 morph_HVqi3ms id_20Toi יִשְׂמַח

23:26 Variant note: תרצנה: (x-qere) ’תִּצֹּֽרְנָה’: lemma_5341 n_0 morph_HVqj3fp id_20RFy תִּצֹּֽרְנָה

23:26 Note: Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

23:29 Variant note: מדונים: (x-qere) ’מִדְיָנִ֨ים’: lemma_4079 n_1.1.0 morph_HNcmpa id_20BVw מִדְיָנִ֨ים

23:31 Variant note: ב/כיס: (x-qere) ’בַּ/כּ֣וֹס’: lemma_b/3563 a morph_HRd/Ncfsa id_20GXn בַּ/כּ֣וֹס

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