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Proverbs 21:7

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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שֹׁדshoddesolationשֹׁדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “desolation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7701violence, ravagedesolation, destruction, oppression, robbery, spoil(-ed, -er, -ing), wasting.רְשָׁעִ֥יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.יְגוֹרֵ֑םyegoremsawגָּרַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “saw”, an unfinished actionH1641to drag off roughly; by implication, to bring up the cud (i.e. ruminate); by analogy, to sawcatch, chew, [idiom] continuing, destroy, saw.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּmeanvrefuseמָאֵןverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “refuse”, a completed actionH3985to refuserefuse, [idiom] utterly.לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתlaasotto doעָשָׂהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to do”, the to-form of the verbH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…מִשְׁפָּֽטmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

Young’s Literal Translation

The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

World English Bible

The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

Darby Translation

The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

Douay-Rheims

The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The violence of the wicked shall drag them away; because they refuse to do justly.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὄλεθρος ἀσεβέσιν ἐπιξενωθήσεται, οὐ γὰρ βούλονται πράσσειν τὰ δίκαια.