Proverbs 26:1

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He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.	As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.	As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As snow^H7950 in summer^H7019, and as rain^H4306 in harvest^H7105, so honour^H3519 is not seemly^H5000 for a fool^H3684.

Original Hebrew

כַּשֶּׁלֶג ׀ בַּקַּיִץ וְכַמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא־נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבֹוד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כַּ/שֶּׁ֤לֶג	ka./She.leg	H7950	HRd/Ncmsa	like (the)/ snow
בַּ/קַּ֗יִץ	ba./Ka.yitz	H7019	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ summer
וְ/כַ/מָּטָ֥ר	ve./kha./ma.Tar	H4306	HC/Rd/Ncmsa	and/ like (the)/ rain
בַּ/קָּצִ֑יר	ba./ka.Tzir	H7105	HRd/Ncmsa	at the/ harvest
כֵּ֤ן	ken	H3651	HTm	so
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
נָאוֶ֖ה	na.Veh	H5000	HAamsa	(is) suitable
לִ/כְסִ֣יל	li/kh.Sil	H3684	HR/Aamsa	for/ a fool
כָּבֽוֹד	ka.Vod	H3519	HNcbsa	honor

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H3519 — כָּבוֹד (kâbôwd, kaw-bode'): rarely כָּבֹד; from כָּבַד; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness; glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
H4306 — מָטַר (mâṭar, maw-tawr'): from מָטַר; rain; rain.
H5000 — נָאוֶה (nâʼveh, naw-veh'): from נָאָה or נָוֶה; suitable, or beautiful; becometh, comely, seemly.
H7019 — קַיִץ (qayits, kah'-yits): from קוּץ; harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season; summer (fruit, house).
H7105 — קָצִיר (qâtsîyr, kaw-tseer'): from קָצַר; severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage); bough, branch, harvest (man).
H7950 — שֶׁלֶג (sheleg, sheh'-leg): from שָׁלַג; snow (probably from its whiteness); snow(-y).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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