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Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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יְרָֽאyerafearיָרֵאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fear”, a commandH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יְהוָ֣הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בְּנִ֣יbenisonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וָמֶ֑לֶךְvamelekhand kingמֶלֶךְconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).שׁ֝וֹנִ֗יםshonimalterשָׁנָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “alter”, a verb used as a describing wordH8138to fold, i.e. duplicate (literally or figuratively); by implication, to transmute (transitive or intransitive)do (speak, strike) again, alter, double, (be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return, do the second time.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.תִּתְעָרָֽבtitaravgive pledgesעָרַבverb, hithpael, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “give pledges”, a wish or indirect commandH6148to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and meddle not with them that are given to change;

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American Standard Version (1901)

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

Young’s Literal Translation

Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

World English Bible

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,

Darby Translation

My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.

Douay-Rheims

My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and meddle not with them that are given to change;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φοβοῦ τὸν Θεὸν υἱὲ, καὶ βασιλέα, καὶ μηθʼ ἑτέρῳ αὐτῶν ἀπειθήσῃς.