King James Version

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

תּוֹרַ֣תtoratlawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.חָ֭כָםchakhamwise , manחָכָםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “wise , man”, the ordinary formH2450wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).מְק֣וֹרmeqorfountainמָקוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fountain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4726properly, something dug, i.e. a (general) source (of water, even when naturally flowing; also of tears, blood (by euphemism, of the female pudenda); figuratively, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)fountain, issue, spring, well(-spring).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.לָ֝ס֗וּרlasurto turnסוּרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to turn”, the to-form of the verbH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁיmimoqeshefrom snareמוֹקֵשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “from snare”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4170a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively); by implication, a hook (for the nose)be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.מָֽוֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “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)

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.

Young’s Literal Translation

The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

World English Bible

The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.

Darby Translation

The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

Douay-Rheims

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The law of the wise is a fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Νόμος σοφοῦ πηγὴ ζωῆς, ὁ δὲ ἄνους ὑπὸ παγίδος θανεῖται.