King James Version

Proverbs 3:8

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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רִ֭פְאוּתrifuthealthרִפְאוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “health”, the ordinary formH7500a curehealth.תְּהִ֣יtehibeהָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָlesharekhato navelשֹׁרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to navel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8270a string (as twisted ), i.e. (specifically) the umbilical cord (also figuratively, as the centre of strength)navel.וְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּיveshiquyand drinkשִׁקּוּיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and drink”, the ordinary formH8250a beverage; moisture, i.e. (figuratively) refreshmentdrink, marrow.לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָleatsmoteykhato bodyעֶצֶםpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

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American Standard Version (1901)

It will be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones.

Young’s Literal Translation

Healing it is to thy navel, And moistening to thy bones.

World English Bible

It will be health to your body, and nourishment to your bones.

Darby Translation

it shall be health for thy navel, and moisture for thy bones.

Douay-Rheims

For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τότε ἴασις ἔσται τῷ σώματί σου, καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς ὀστέοις σου.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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