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Proverbs 2:12

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

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לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָlehatsilekhato defendנָצַלpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to defend”, the to-form of the verbH5337to 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).מִדֶּ֣רֶךְmiderekhfrom alongדֶּרֶךְpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).רָ֑עrabadרַעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁmeishfrom a certainאִישׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…מְדַבֵּ֥רmedaberspeakדָבַרverb, piel, participle, absolute — “speak”, a verb used as a describing wordH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹתtahpukhotfrowardתַּהְפֻּכָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “froward”, the ordinary formH8419a perversity or fraud(very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;

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American Standard Version (1901)

To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

Young’s Literal Translation

To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

World English Bible

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

Darby Translation

To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Douay-Rheims

That thou mayst be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh perverse things:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἵνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν.