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Proverbs 10:17

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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אֹ֣רַחorachmannerאֹרַחnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “manner”, the ordinary formH734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravanmanner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.לְ֭חַיִּיםlechayimto lifeחַיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.שׁוֹמֵ֣רshomerbewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, participle, absolute — “beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).מוּסָ֑רmusarchastisementמוּסָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “chastisement”, the ordinary formH4148properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraintbond, chastening(-eth), chastisement, check, correction, discipline, doctrine, instruction, rebuke.וְעוֹזֵ֖בveozevand commit selfעָזַבconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and commit self”, a verb used as a describing wordH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.תּוֹכַ֣חַתtokhachatcorrectionתּוֹכֵחָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “correction”, the ordinary formH8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.מַתְעֶֽהmatehdeceiveתָּעָהverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “deceive”, a verb used as a describing wordH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction; but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Young’s Literal Translation

A traveller to life [is] he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

World English Bible

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

Darby Translation

Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.

Douay-Rheims

The way of life, to him that observeth correction: but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth astray.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction; but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁδοὺς δικαίας ζωῆς φυλάσσει παιδεία, παιδεία δὲ ἀνεξέλεγκτος πλανᾶται.