King James Version

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

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פְּֽרִיperifruitפְּרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.צַ֭דִּיקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).עֵ֣ץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.חַיִּ֑יםchayimlifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “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.וְלֹקֵ֖חַveloqechaand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and take”, a verb used as a describing wordH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.נְפָשׂ֣וֹתnefasotcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…חָכָֽםchakhamwise , manחָכָםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “wise , man”, the ordinary formH2450wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Young’s Literal Translation

The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls [is] wise.

World English Bible

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.

Darby Translation

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and the wise winneth souls.

Douay-Rheims

The fruit of the just man is a tree of life: and he that gaineth souls, is wise.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that is wise winneth souls.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκ καρποῦ δικαιοσύνης φύεται δένδρὅν ζωῆς, ἀφαιροῦνται δὲ ἄωροι ψυχαὶ παρανόμων.