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Proverbs 21:4

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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רוּםrumhaughtinessרוּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “haughtiness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7312(literally) elevation or (figuratively) elationhaughtiness, height, [idiom] high.עֵ֭ינַיִםeynayimeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, absolute — “eye , , -sight”, the ordinary formH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…וּרְחַבurechavand broadרָחָבconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “and broad”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7342roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figurativelybroad, large, at liberty, proud, wide.לֵ֑בlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “comfortably”, the ordinary formH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…נִ֖רnirplowingנִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “plowing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5215properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed landfallow ground, plowing, tillage.רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.חַטָּֽאתchatatpunishmentחַטָּאָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “punishment”, the ordinary formH2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offenderpunishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A haughty look, and a proud heart — the tillage of the wicked is sin.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A high look, and a proud heart, Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Young’s Literal Translation

Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.

World English Bible

A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Darby Translation

Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Douay-Rheims

Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A haughty look, and a proud heart — the tillage of the wicked is sin.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μεγαλόφρων ἐν ὕβρει θρασυκάρδιος, λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτία.