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Proverbs 24:1

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

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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.תְּ֭קַנֵּאteqanebe jealousקָנָאverb, piel, jussive, 2nd 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).בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣יbeanshein a certainאִישׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “in a certain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…רָעָ֑הraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and 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.תתאוttvcovetאָוָהverb, hithpael, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “covet”, a wish or indirect commandH183to wish forcovet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).תִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtitayvcovetאָוָהverb, hithpael, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “covet”, a wish or indirect commandH183to wish forcovet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).לִהְי֥וֹתlihyotto beהָיָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to be”, the to-form of the verbH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אִתָּֽםitamamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

Young’s Literal Translation

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

World English Bible

Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Darby Translation

Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

Douay-Rheims

Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Υἱέ, μὴ ζηλώσῃς κακοὺς ἄνδρας, μηδὲ ἐπιθυμήσῃς εἶναι μετʼ αὐτῶν.