14   He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
barak¹²⁸⁸ rea`⁷⁴⁵³ gadowl¹⁴¹⁹ qowl⁶⁹⁶³ shakam⁷⁹²⁵ boqer¹²⁴² chashab²⁸⁰³ qlalah⁷⁰⁴⁵

15   A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
tarad²⁹⁵⁶ deleph¹⁸¹² cagriyd⁵⁴⁶⁴ yowm³¹¹⁷ midyan⁴⁰⁷⁹ 'ishshah⁸⁰² shavah⁷⁷³⁷

16   Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
tsaphan⁶⁸⁴⁵ tsaphan⁶⁸⁴⁵ ruwach⁷³⁰⁷ shemen⁸⁰⁸¹ yamiyn³²²⁵ qara'⁷¹²¹

17   Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
barzel¹²⁷⁰ chadad²³⁰⁰ barzel¹²⁷⁰ 'iysh³⁷⁶ chadad²³⁰⁰ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ rea`⁷⁴⁵³

18   Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
natsar⁵³⁴¹ t'en⁸³⁸⁴ 'akal³⁹⁸ priy⁶⁵²⁹ shamar⁸¹⁰⁴ 'adown¹¹³ kabad³⁵¹³

19   As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
mayim⁴³²⁵ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ leb³⁸²⁰ 'adam¹²⁰ 'adam¹²⁰

20   Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
sh'owl⁷⁵⁸⁵ 'abaddown¹¹ lo'³⁸⁰⁸ saba`<sup>7646</sup> `ayin⁵⁸⁶⁹ 'adam¹²⁰ saba`⁷⁶⁴⁶

21   As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
mitsreph⁴⁷¹⁵ keceph³⁷⁰¹ kuwr³⁵⁶⁴ zahab²⁰⁹¹ 'iysh³⁷⁶ peh⁶³¹⁰ mahalal⁴¹¹⁰

22   Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
kathash³⁸⁰⁶ 'eviyl¹⁹¹ maktesh⁴³⁸⁸ tavek⁸⁴³² riyphah⁷³⁸³ `eliy⁵⁹⁴⁰ 'ivveleth²⁰⁰ cuwr⁵⁴⁹³