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Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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יוֹדֵ֣עַyodeaknowיָדַעverb, qal, participle, absolute — “know”, a verb used as a describing wordH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…צַ֭דִּיקtsadiqjustצַדִּיקadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “just”, the ordinary formH6662justjust, lawful, righteous (man).נֶ֣פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, 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,…בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹbehemtvobeastבְּהֵמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “beast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)beast, cattle.וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥יverachameand compassionרַחַםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and compassion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7356compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maidenbowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.אַכְזָרִֽיakhzaricruelאַכְזָרִיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “cruel”, the ordinary formH394terriblecruel (one).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Young’s Literal Translation

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

World English Bible

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Darby Translation

A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Douay-Rheims

The just regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the wicked are cruel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle; but the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δίκαιος οἰκτείρει ψυχὰς κτηνῶν αὐτοῦ, τὰ δὲ σπλάγχνα τῶν ἀσεβῶν ἀνελεήμονα.