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Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: 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…יוֹעִ֣ילyoilprofitיַעַלverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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).ה֭וֹןhonenoughהוֹןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “enough”, the ordinary formH1952wealth; by implication, enoughenough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.בְּי֣וֹםbeyomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…עֶבְרָ֑הevrahangerעֶבְרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH5678an outburst of passionanger, rage, wrath.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)

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

Young’s Literal Translation

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

World English Bible

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Darby Translation

Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Douay-Rheims

Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)