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Proverbs 10:2

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

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לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (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 trul…י֭וֹעִילוּyoilvprofitיַעַלverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “profit”, an unfinished actionH3276properly, to ascend; figuratively, to be valuable (objectively; useful, subjectively; benefited)[idiom] at all, set forward, can do good, (be, have) profit, (able).אוֹצְר֣וֹתotserotarmoryאוֹצָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “armory”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH214a depositoryarmory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).רֶ֑שַׁעreshainiquityרֶשַׁעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “iniquity”, the ordinary formH7562a wrong (especially moral)iniquity, wicked(-ness).וּ֝צְדָקָ֗הutsedaqahand justiceצְדָקָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and justice”, the ordinary formH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).תַּצִּ֥ילtatsildefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “defend”, an unfinished actionH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).מִמָּֽוֶתmimavetfrom deadמָוֶתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death.

Young’s Literal Translation

Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death.

World English Bible

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

Darby Translation

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Douay-Rheims

Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐκ ὠφελήσουσι θησαυροὶ ἀνόμους, δικαιοσύνη δὲ ῥύσεται ἐκ θανάτου.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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