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Proverbs 24:10

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

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הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָhitrapitaabateרָפָהverb, hithpael, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “abate”, a completed actionH7503to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495 (רָפָא).בְּי֥וֹםbeyomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a 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…צָרָ֗הtsarahtroubleצָרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “trouble”, the ordinary formH6869tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.צַ֣רtsarnarrowצַרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “narrow”, the ordinary formH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.כֹּחֶֽכָהkochekhahforceכֹּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizardability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small indeed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,

World English Bible

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

Darby Translation

[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.

Douay-Rheims

If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small indeed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐμμολυνθήσεται ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως ἕως ἂν ἐκλίπῃ.