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Proverbs 23:17

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.יְקַנֵּ֣אyeqanebe jealousקָנָאverb, piel, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be jealous”, a wish or indirect commandH7065to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious(be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).לִ֭בְּךָlibkhacomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the 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]…בַּֽחַטָּאִ֑יםbachataimin offenderחַטָּאpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “in offender”, the ordinary formH2400a criminal, or one accounted guiltyoffender, sinful, sinner.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…אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…בְּיִרְאַתbeyiratin fearיִרְאָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in fear”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3374fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence[idiom] dreadful, [idiom] exceedingly, fear(-fulness).יְ֝הוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הַיּֽוֹםhayomthe as long asיוֹםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all the day;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let not thy heart envy sinners; But be thou in the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

Young’s Literal Translation

Let not thy heart be envious at sinners, But — in the fear of Jehovah all the day.

World English Bible

Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

Darby Translation

Let not thy heart envy sinners, but [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day;

Douay-Rheims

Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of the LORD all the day;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ ζηλούτω ἡ καρδία σου ἁμαρτωλοὺς, ἀλλὰ ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου ἴσθι ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν.