Orthodox Jewish Bible

Mishle 24:25-34 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

25. But to them that rebuke the wicked, it is well, and birkat tov shall come upon them.

26. He that giveth an answer that is nakhon (right, correct), giveth a kiss on the sfatayim.

27. Set in order thy outside work, and make ready for thyself in the sadeh; then afterwards build thine bais.

28. Be not an ed (witness) against thy re'a without cause, and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).

29. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the ish according to his work.

30. I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev [of understanding]),

31. And, hinei, it was all grown over with thorns, and charullim (nettles) had covered the surface thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

32. Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev; I looked upon it, and received musar.

33. Yet a little shenot (slumber), a little sleep, a little folding of the yadayim to rest;

34. So shall thy poverty come like a prowler; and thy want like an ish mogen (armed warrior).