OET interlinear PRO 14:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭⁠נֶּגֶד לְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל וּ⁠בַל־יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת

stay_away from,presence of,man foolish and,not find words_of knowledge

Here, Go is an imperative, but it begins a conditional statement rather than a command. It is a warning; it is not something that Solomon wants anyone to do. Use a form in your language that communicates a conditional statement. Alternate translation: [If you go before a man of stupidity, then you will not know lips of knowledge]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭⁠נֶּגֶד

stay_away from,presence

Here, Go before means to go into the presence of this person, not to go somewhere in front of this person or to go somewhere in advance of this person. Alternate translation: “Go into the presence of”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל

of,man foolish

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a man who is characterized by stupidity. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “a stupid man”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ

of,man

Here, a man represents a type of people in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “any person of”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת

words_of knowledge

Here, lips refers to what people say by moving their lips. Solomon is referring to words that express knowledge. See how you translated the same use of lips in [10:18](../10/18.md). Alternate translation: “words that express knowledge”