King James Version

Proverbs 2:13

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִיםhaozevimthe commit selfעָזַבdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the commit self”, a verb used as a describing wordH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.אָרְח֣וֹתarechotmannerאֹרַחnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “manner”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH734a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravanmanner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.יֹ֑שֶׁרyosherrightיֹשֶׁרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “right”, the ordinary formH3476the rightequity, meet, right, upright(-ness).לָ֝לֶ֗כֶתlalekhetto carryיָלַךְpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to carry”, the to-form of the verbH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…בְּדַרְכֵיbedarkhein alongדֶּרֶךְpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “in along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a 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).חֹֽשֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

Young’s Literal Translation

Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

World English Bible

who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

Darby Translation

[from those] who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Douay-Rheims

Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὦ οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους·

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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