King James Version

Proverbs 24:11

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

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הַ֭צֵּלhatseldefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “defend”, a commandH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).לְקֻחִ֣יםlequchimtakeלָקַחverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “take”, a verb used as a describing wordH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.לַמָּ֑וֶתlamavetto deadמָוֶתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).וּמָטִ֥יםumatimand fallמוֹטconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and fall”, a verb used as a describing wordH4131to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fallbe carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.לַ֝הֶ֗רֶגlaheregto slaughterהֶרֶגpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to slaughter”, the ordinary formH2027slaughterbe slain, slaughter.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…תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְtachsokherefrainחָשַׂךְverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “refrain”, an unfinished actionH2820to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observeassuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Young’s Literal Translation

If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.

World English Bible

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

Darby Translation

Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

Douay-Rheims

Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not thy help .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους εἰς θάνατον, καὶ ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους, μὴ φείσῃ.