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Proverbs 24:19

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

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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.תִּתְחַ֥רtitcharburnחָרָהverb, hithpael, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “burn”, a wish or indirect commandH2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousybe angry, burn, be displeased, [idiom] earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, [idiom] very, be wroth. See H8474 (תַּחָרָה).בַּמְּרֵעִ֑יםbamreimin be worseרָעַעpreposition, with the article, verb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “in be worse”, a verb used as a describing wordH7489properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces), [phrase] displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) il…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.תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗אteqanebe 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).בָּרְשָׁעִֽיםbareshaimin guiltyרָשָׁעpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “in guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked:

Young’s Literal Translation

Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,

World English Bible

Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;

Darby Translation

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:

Douay-Rheims

Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ χαῖρε ἐπὶ κακοποιοῖς, μηδὲ ζήλου ἁμαρτωλούς.