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As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,(C)
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
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The father of a righteous son will rejoice greatly,
and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(X)
25 and one who fathers a wise son will delight in him.(X)
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Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?(AB)
Who has red eyes?
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32 Who has conflicts? Who has complaints?
Who has wounds for no reason?(AB)
Who has red eyes?
In the end it bites like a snake
and stings like a viper.
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34 and stings like a viper.
You’ll be like someone sleeping out at sea
or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.
35 or lying down on the top of a ship’s mast.
“They struck me, but(h) I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!(AG)
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”(AH)
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!(AG)
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”(AH)
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Footnotes:
a.
Proverbs 23:1: Or who
b.
Proverbs 23:2: Lit you are the master of an
c.
Proverbs 23:6: Lit eat bread of an evil eye
d.
Proverbs 23:7: LXX reads it is like someone swallowing a hair in the throat
e.
Proverbs 23:9: Lit in the ears of
f.
Proverbs 23:22: Or because
g.
Proverbs 23:33: Or will speak perversities or inverted things
h.
Proverbs 23:35: LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read me,” you will say, “But