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Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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תַּפּוּחֵ֣יtapucheapple . See also H1054תַּפּוּחַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “apple . See also H1054”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8598an apple (from its fragrance), i.e. the fruit or the tree (probably includ. others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc.)apple (tree). See also H1054 (בֵּית תַּפּוּחַ).זָ֭הָבzahavgoldזָהָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתbemaskiotin conceitמַשְׂכִּיתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in conceit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4906a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imaginationconceit, image(-ry), picture, [idiom] wish.כָּ֑סֶףkasefmoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).דָּ֝בָ֗רdavarcauseדָּבָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cause”, the ordinary formH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…דָּבֻ֥רdavurspeakדָבַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “speak”, a verb used as a describing wordH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אָפְנָֽיוafenayva turn, iאֹפֶןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “a turn, i”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH655a turn, i.e. a season[phrase] fitly.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in network of silver.

Young’s Literal Translation

Apples of gold in imagery of silver, [Is] the word spoken at its fit times.

World English Bible

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Darby Translation

[As] apples of gold in pictures of silver, is a word spoken in season.

Douay-Rheims

To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

As a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so is it to speak a wise word.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μῆλον χρυσοῦν ἐν ὁρμίσκῳ σαρδίου, οὕτως εἰπεῖν λόγον.

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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