King James Version

Proverbs 2:22

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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וּ֭רְשָׁעִיםureshaimand guiltyרָשָׁעconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.מֵאֶ֣רֶץmeeretsfrom earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.יִכָּרֵ֑תוּyikaretvcovenantכָּרַתverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “covenant”, an unfinished actionH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםuvogedimand deal deceitfullyבָּגַדconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and deal deceitfully”, a verb used as a describing wordH898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillagedeal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.יִסְּח֥וּyischvdestroyנָסַחverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH5255to tear awaydestroy, pluck, root.מִמֶּֽנָּהmimenahfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

World English Bible

But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

Darby Translation

but the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful shall be plucked up out of it.

Douay-Rheims

But the wicked shall be destroyed from the earth: and they that do unjustly shall be taken away from it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁδοὶ ἀσεβῶν ἐκ γῆς ὀλοῦνται, οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.