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Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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שִׂפְתֵ֣יsiftelanguageשָׂפָהnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct — “language”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.צַ֭דִּיקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).יִרְע֣וּyirvcompanionרָעָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “companion”, an unfinished actionH7462to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.רַבִּ֑יםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗יםveevilimand foolאֱוִילconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and fool”, the ordinary formH191(figuratively) sillyfool(-ish) (man).בַּחֲסַרbachasarin destituteחָסֵרpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “in destitute”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2638lacking; hence, withoutdestitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.לֵ֥בlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…יָמֽוּתוּyamutvdieמוּתverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “die”, an unfinished actionH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The lips of the righteous feed many; but the foolish die for want of understanding.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Young’s Literal Translation

The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

World English Bible

The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Darby Translation

The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

Douay-Rheims

The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The lips of the righteous feed many; but the foolish die for want of understanding.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The lips of the righteous know sublime truths : but the foolish die in want.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Χείλη δικαίων ἐπίσταται ὑψηλὰ, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες ἐν ἐνδείᾳ τελευτῶσιν.